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 Photoj^raplis of Prominent Workers in the Cause 
 
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 ^prefatory. 
 
 'HIC idt-a that sermons are written in purling streams, and trees and stones his inspired the work to be found in the following 
 ^ paK<-'^ ; for if sermons or .lessons .can l)e found in inanimate objects, how much l)etter reason abounds for finding the same 
 
 ^lessons in-iluiman countenances, those indexes to the s<)ul. and which jwrtray the lights and shadows thereof ! The task, 
 . lipwever, of drawing; together any nolatde array of faces has been by no means an easy one and no claim is made that the 
 sources of supply are exlJiiusted in the present work, tqdeed the trouble has been to select from the mass of applicants such grouping 
 as might be considered fairly representative. \ ' . 
 
 No attt'inpt ha^vbeen made to classify the various pictures, the itlea l)eing to follow a general order of arrangement with reference 
 to the artistic and. appropriiate groupings, rather than a grading in point of intellectual and spiritual- importance of the characters. 
 This, too. has "beeu a somewhat tedious task. The biographical sketches were placeil in a department set apart for that purpose, for 
 reasons wtiiclv^are oKvious when the artistic feature of the work is considered ; and as the artistic ought to be paramount in a work of 
 this character, it has been studiously kept in mind, however innK-rfectly manifested. In placing the biographies by themselves the 
 work is necessarily (divided, but it is urgecj that the picTiKe groupings in an uniirterrupted array compensates for whatever inconvenience 
 • nia> arist- in joining; the l>iographical sketches with theij>\;^)rrespontling photographs. It is. needless to say that the arranging of the 
 photographs has been a pleasing employment, and feeling that this .^i.itfM was to be the greatest undertaking of the kind in the history 
 of Spiritualisin. it was essential that ail moves with reference to it must be made with due caution and in absolutely unprejudiced bias. 
 The glory ot Spiritualism is to biNinind in the character of its adherents, their standing in the community, and their work in the 
 world. It is in<leed with jirifdon.ible priile^herefore. that many of the leading minds of the world, their honorable and commanding 
 places in the field of .science, philosojihy. and literature, are herein set forth. No such congregation of men and women, drawn fromf 
 the iinuimer^ble walks of life anywhere cafl be brought together, and does not this fact show the univer.sality of the Spiritual philosophy ? 
 Here We have an vclectici.sm unparalleled, a cosmojwlitan grouping of minds such as no other inquiry the world has yet -seen, ever made 
 possible.' Nearly .ill the leaiiing nationalities of the western hemisphere are represented in these pages. Many of the faces will be 
 familiar to those who have watched the careers of their resix.-clive originals. Many of these ta es are beloved, a,s of old the fijihermen 
 of (ialiJee were beloved, and called the di.sciples of a man who. like all others of his kind, bore his own cros.s to the feet of purpled 
 power enthroned in ignorance. and fine jewels. So these, many of them, have -borne their crosses, and the etertial truth of Spiritualism 
 amongst the plumed Belslra//ars and intellectual gourmands of the present materialism. Others are unknown to the •Readers, who now 
 N^ for the first time look upon their faces. The satisfaction which comes with the view of a face long haunting the mind, is one of the 
 V )^~-4mportlint con.siderations of this book, and as such it willbea pleasing contribution to spiritual literature. \ 
 
 It is evident that barriers, once deemed insuperable, toward which the angelic voices and teachings of the New Disp)ensation were 
 /- aimed, are breaking down. Kverywhere the reach of iniiniry is turning away from the petrifying sophistries of a gloomy {iromiseless 
 materialism. ■.■'■"'■ • 
 
 In the sure hope that the LiciiT ok Tkvtii Ai.ium would fill a niclje in this intiuiry. the work has been accomplished and given 
 fc to the world. 
 
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 Mr. Arra> liiisl».'rn fur ilu- most jkh t idiiititicil with 
 the spiritual inovfiin t)t iti ColiiiiiliuK. tt. Ht- isamDUj; 
 the most ri'Nj)oclo<i >>1 its eiti/iiis, :iti iiitivi- lnisini-ss 
 niiin. anil at present the president of the CiiliiinhrtJt 
 Spiritual Socictv ami treasurer 5r the Stiittwrpuniza- 
 tion 
 
 Mrs. "d. O. flrras 
 
 One of Coliiinlius' l)est mediums ; a ladv of exueme 
 force of eharaeter aliililv. and lionor. Her mnliuni- 
 ship has been for vears a delight to those who fiavc 
 been KucMx at her select Hcancen. \ 
 
 Prof. J. Madison P.lien 
 
 Mr. Allen is an inspirational speaker, niusieal com- 
 poser, test medium, and secretary of the Missouri 
 State .-Vssociation of S||*iritualiNts 
 
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 W. 'fldams 
 
 Dr^' .\dafns is a wti.ll lino^n western worker, both in 
 camp and society interest*. Me is a reuularlv practic- 
 inj: physician in I)uf>U(|iic, la., hut devotes a hirnc 
 portion of his time ti> Imiievolent anil charitiible lalM>rs 
 in I hx; Spiritual vine>aril. He is not only aiyery gen- 
 erous man, hut a hi>rh-minded <ine. ,'• 
 
 E. L. flllen . 1 ■ 
 
 Mr. .\llen i" an ohi pholo;jra)>her, lia.vin^ com- 
 mencl-d his pictttre career in is.')l l>y makini; (Kj:uer.' 
 fe(»t \ pes het'^r^* pliotos \\cre matle in .\mertca. and is 
 sttH in the hiisiress. He i fiv ived the tirst li«hl of 
 Spiritualism in IS.'is. through I)r .1 V. Manstield. He 
 has been tdentitiid with the cause in lioston ever 
 since. Hisstu<lio is at P.'.* Ko>ls|on street. '. 
 
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 C. flndreLUS 
 
 Dr. .\inlrews of Hrid;;eport. Mich., was horn io IS,').5. 
 He investigated Spiritualism in cliildho<Ml throiii;h 
 readini; the journals upon Spirilualism WaV a sensi- 
 tive and <levelopeil as a meilium at the ajje i>f four'-, 
 teen. He taught school at the ajre of si.xteen and 
 I'lilloued this profession l\\ eiity -two years, also exer- 
 cisiu}; his tncdial v,\\\s in healiiiK" the sick lecturinjr. 
 and K'viiiK tests. His houn,' .is at Hridjfepiirt, Mich., 
 
 where his farm is loviitetl. Iir. .\ndrewK' family are 
 of Knulish descent, having as a family settled at 
 Wetheistield. Conn . in ItHlt. His parents were born 
 ill Mass:(chusetts and are now living at the aj;es of 77 
 and 7fi. 
 
 Paul n. filbert . 
 
 V Mr .Vlbert, of Chattanooga. Tenn.. wasliorn in IMl, 
 anil when six years'idd his parents left I'liV'iti, France, 
 c )niinjr to this countiy and settling; in Cincinnati 
 He tirst heard of Spiritualism while attending the 
 Irbana, » >. I'liiversity in ls.'>4. through a qlassinate. 
 He helped i.r.anize the tirst Society in Chatt'inoo);a 
 and WHS its t>iesideiit for .several terms. He also was 
 one of ihe originators «<fli^ t; Loo kout Canwp Meeting 
 .Adsociatinn, and was its presiiivnt for sev. n years. 
 He ii still one of its directors.. Mr. .\lbert is prominent 
 in business and social circles, and has held the ottice 
 of alderman and school commissioner foi a numherof 
 terms .\t present he is ^teiieial niananer,of onettf the 
 National Hnildin^ .\ssociations and m;.na>;er of liie 
 Chattanooga opera hou8e. He*is hij;h up in nearly 
 all the fraternal orders and benevolent Hssociattohs, 
 Iwiiit; a :t"J degree Mason. 
 
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 Henry H A+f?'n has been known for years as the 
 " Hoy medium," though matunil under the nomen- 
 clature H<- i« a i>liy«ical medium of a pronounced 
 typ<', and has given niau\ tests of his powers. His. 
 home is in Sunimerland. Cal. ' ^ 
 
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 .Mexander ^'ikolajew tt>ch .\ksakof was born in 
 Kepiofka. Hiissia, in 1*<S'J. He wasedHcated for civil 
 duty at the l{">al l.yct^im, St Petersburg. WWle in 
 service he read Swedenborg's " Heaven ij,nd Hell." 
 which turned bis thouglits in that directioii of spirit- 
 ual in\ estigatioii, and, like all thinkers, he drilled 
 from ibcnce into S;iiriUialism. But unable to advo- 
 cate it as a new revelation in his own country, he 
 went into tiermany, nnd there transhited Robert 
 Hare's " Kxperimenlal Investigations" into the Rus- 
 sian language, and later .\iiilre\v .lackson Davis" works 
 into (Jerman. This was followed by translations 
 from C.ookes, Kdmunds. AVallace and K. I>. Owen. 
 But his soul was not vet sftlled, and in IH74 he started 
 
 a (Jerman monthly, " Psychic Studies," at I,«ipsif;, 
 which is still running during all this time, however, 
 going to and fro jind introilucing .Spiritualism into 
 Russia as a science. Through the aid of coiivtrts he 
 introduced mediums, into the land of the czhrs, and 
 many others were led to the light. In all, Mr. .\kKa- 
 kof tra.ivslated and wrote over thirty Ijooks pertain- 
 ing to Spintjalism - the Inst Mieing a .500 page vol- 
 ufiie, which appeared in Russia two years ago. enti- 
 tled •"Tlic Forerunners of Spiritualism During the 
 Last Two Hundred and Fifty yeatB." 
 
 Mrs. M. Theresa flllen • 
 
 Mrs. .Mien is an inspirational speaker, improvisa- 
 trice and test medium ; alsp secretary of the .Missouri 
 State Camp .\ssoci«tion. and otherwise prominently 
 identified with the work in Missouri and adjoining 
 States. In addition to this, she is one of the mediums 
 for the Silver-Chain Developing Circle, and co-editi ess 
 of the .N'i/'»/-fV/((i;ii Mrsiuiuirr. Mrs, Allen was calle<t 
 to the ministry 'of ispiritualism some twertty-five 
 years ago, and from the tirst hasdevoted herselfunre- 
 seryedly to this ,Snpr€me Truth. Her special fi<ld, 
 during the past ten years, has been in the West and 
 South, with beHdijuarters at St>ringKeld, Mo. 
 
 Josep^, Seals 
 
 Mr. Reals was the late-president of the Ijike Pleas- 
 anfVrunip Meeting .\s.soy-iation, having been its head 
 otticer for niniteei» years. 
 
 W. M. Bacn 
 
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 Mr. liach is an all-round worker iij the field — lec- 
 turer, teacher. in*cnto''r. and author. He isanpcnrn- 
 est reasoner and has a fine-perceptioh of the morale 
 ill ,^piritualism.i 
 
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 Bishop fl« Seals . 
 
 Mr. Reals is the poet speaker of our cause. His 
 inspirations are sentimental and touching, and his 
 influence is of the same order. .He is well known m , 
 the middle and western States, and is a much-wel- ' 
 comed lecturer among a large class of our people. 
 
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 ^ Nellie S. Baade 
 
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 Mrs. Rauile is it spirituiil speaker of the old regime — 
 true to ^ler mission and never swerves from her sub- 
 jcet or deviates from her line of <lulie8 as inspired bv 
 the invisil)les. She knows but one thinjr. nnd that is 
 truth. Worldlv opinion or conventionality has no in- 
 fluence On her. She is either a SpiritualiMI or she is 
 nulhinK. ■'; 1 '.- 
 
 The fiangs SislerS' 
 
 Lizzie and May Han^s, of ;{ South Klizabeth street, 
 Chicajfo, 111., are mediums of various 'phases, receiv- 
 ing spirit tests through iflairvoyance, slate writing, 
 typewriting, materiiilizalion, and latterlj' in the form 
 of oil paintings. They have had many a battle with 
 skeptics, but the phenomena occurrinK in their pres- 
 ence invariably made them the victors. Facts need 
 no arRumentation. 
 
 Or. C. T. H. Senlon ^ 
 
 Dr Benton is an inspirational, trance and healing: 
 medium. He was converted to Spiritualism some 
 elfven years a^o, lieinK then a member of the M. E 
 Church. He is at present regular minister of the First 
 Spiritualist Church of Peoria. Ills., which -.posit ion he 
 has held for several years with credit to himself and 
 the cause. 
 
 Nellie F. Surbeck ^ 
 
 Mrs. Ihirbeck was born in North Hayerbill, N. H. 
 At a seance in Huston, after her Krst husband's death 
 she received her initial lest. In 1H87 she was entranc- 
 ed and soon developed as a platform test medium. 
 She is also a healing medium. Together with her 
 preseiit husband she carried on a series of successful 
 meetings at Plymouth, Mass. Her field lies princi- 
 pally in the Ciistern States. ■ i- ' ^ 
 
 F. -«. Semis 
 
 Mr. Bemis was born in Sturbridj;e<Mass., November 
 •29, 1823. He went to Meadville, Pa., entered the 
 Meadville Theolojtical College, and remained three 
 years. He is an old friend to the cause and ever ready 
 to defend it. But he is still in Meadville, having 
 made it his home ; was once its mayor, and held other 
 city offices. He is still in service, and looking to the 
 welfare of his adopted city. 
 
 ' Mary R. Barkaloo , 
 
 Of Mrs. Barkaloo, Maj. tJen. H. W. .Johnson, of St. 
 Paul, Minn., writes : " True to her rclit;iou'8 belief 
 and an honor to humanity, and all who havtftiad the 
 privilege of making her acquaintance, have been 
 benefited by her. No physician has saved more p.i- 
 tients than she ; nor has any medium done more for 
 the uplifting of humanity." 
 
 Mrs. Emma Hardin^e Srilien 
 
 Her long and arduous labors, and remarkable ca- 
 reer as a medium, seer, prophetess, arid inspired 
 advocate of the new Spiritual Dispensation in .\mer- 
 ica, Australia, New Zealand, and (ireat Britain, give 
 her front rank in the long roll of honored mediums 
 and leailrrs of the early days of the movement. 
 Peerless and incomparab'e, her wonderful powers 
 of inspirational oratory have ex'-rted vast influence 
 for go' d. Her home is now in Manchester, Enjf. 
 
 Rev. Elsie Braun 
 
 Mrs. Bniun was born in .Vberdeen, Scotland, and 
 came to Canada in September, IHHI, and to the States 
 in IH-fi. Me- was lin>ught up in the F.piscopal doc- 
 trines, hi t alwa^M believed in and realized the invisi- 
 ble world ; was always meiliumistic and developed 
 these gifts in 1891, and has practiced them as a public 
 medium ever since with phenomenal success. Her 
 mediumship consists of clairvoyance, healing, and 
 speaking. She commence<I_ as a tnince speaker, but 
 for the last two years hits been nn inspirational 
 speaker. In ISHi she ran the Inde|le%«Jent Psychical 
 S<K'ietyi in St Paul, Minn. In IHHtt she moved to 
 Minneapolis and held a meeting everv Sunday evej 
 ing, which was very successful, and finallx became tl 
 First Progressive' Spiritual Church, incorponited ui 
 der the laws of Minnesota', and chartered bv tJ>e < 
 National Spiritualists' .\s80ciation. .She is pastor of 
 the churcli i«nd has been ever since its birth. 
 
 I Helen T. Brijham 
 
 Mrs. Brigham was lM>rn at Hennikcr, N. H. When 
 about fourteen years old she manifested signs of me- 
 diumship, and~at her first sitting became entranced, 
 since which time iflie has been in the field. She now 
 speaks in semi-trance on an.V subject unprepared, and 
 is withal an example of a pure, noble character — free 
 from guib- or pretention — and cares little whether 
 the world honors her or not. All she asks is peace 
 from dissention or gossip. 
 
 W. F. Barrelt, F. R. S. E.. M- ft- I- fl. 
 
 Professor of experimental phvsics, and dean of the 
 faculty in the Koyal College of Science for Ireland, 
 and his brother, the Rev. (J. S. Barrett, I>..l)., ichair-\ 
 man of the Congregational I'nion', were born in ' 
 .Jamaica, their faiher bei«g a well known missionary 
 there. Professor Barrett has made a number of scien- 
 tific diiscoveries, which have placed him among the 
 foremost living scientists. In IStts. Mr. Barrett wit- 
 ne8se<l remarkable experiments in mesmerism and 
 thought transference, and was by them, led into Spir- 
 itinilism. In 1882 he and Mr. i)awson Rogers sum- 
 moned a conference, when the Society for Psychical 
 Research was founded. He is a philosophical and. 
 religious Spiritualist. 
 
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 J. Frartk Baxter ^ 
 
 Mr. Baxtvr was l)orn in PlymoOth, 'Mass., Nov. 11, 
 1841, in which town he also graduated from the high 
 sch(K)l with! honors. From thence he went to the 
 Bridgewater .State Norirtal SchooI,Iwhere he earned a 
 dI|)lom-i to teach. But from early childl\obd he ex- 
 hibited evidences of mediumship, and when the 
 "Rochester knockings" were discussed liis^-oterest 
 was attracted to- the same iind the results attending. 
 Family circles led to medial unfoldmenCand in time 
 Mr. Baxter be.-ame a test medium of decided qual- 
 ities. Work of love gradually led into the profetslon, 
 as the dematid for^iw services became so great that 
 he was forced to give up teaching classes for the 
 masses. Since 1877 he has been a missionary in the 
 Spiritualist field, and stands in the front rank of 
 workers for the cause His lectures are profound and 
 logical ; his tests accurate and comforting. He is a 
 medium in the fullest sense of the term, and perhaps 
 as perfect a one as it is possible for a mortal in the 
 conscious state to become. 
 
 0r. Baraduc 
 
 I>r Baraduc. whcse portrait we present in this al- 
 bum, established a world-wide reputation by his work 
 on the polaric force exhibited by human vital radia- 
 tion in its action on the biometer. His subsequent 
 work on the photogniphic images registered bv these 
 radiations created quite a sensation. He studied un- 
 der Dr. Charcot at the_.Salpetriere, and is the author 
 of numerous treatise^^on nervous diseases, and- oa 
 electrotherapeutics. His address is 90 Rue St. Hon-' 
 orei Paris. 
 
 E^.W. Bond " 
 
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 \ scarred veteran in the rallies of the Spiritualist 
 host of our country is presented in port/raiture in this 
 album. Mr Bond has been well known for many 
 years among the Spiritualists of northeastern Ohio, 
 northwestern Pennsylvania, and western New York. 
 Formerly he was closely identified with the C. L. F. A. 
 at I.ily Dale, and of late has been prominently identi- 
 fied with the interests temponil and spiritual of the 
 new Florida camping grounds at lAke Helen. Mr. 
 Bond's home is at Willoughby, Ohio, and when the 
 pressure for organization in this State reached him 
 he threw himself into the work with his old-time 
 vigor and was a leading, although quiet and iiihob- 
 trusive, figure, in the deliberations of the convention, 
 which elected him to the presidency of the/Ohio 
 Spiritualists' Association, an honor unttought, but 
 worthily Iwstowed. 
 
 Emily P. Beebe 
 
 Mrs. Beebe wasl>orn in Vermont. She received the 
 light of Spiritualism in 18H8, when she began to de- 
 velop as n medium. She soon, became an inspiration- 
 al speaker and has been in active service ever since. 
 She has held various ofl^ces in different societies, and 
 
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 hHH OTgnnizvA a number of ftocieticx herself. Sin<;e 
 MHivn, 1897, she has been serving a society at Horton, 
 , Mich.,' of wnich she is also the president. i 
 
 H. 0. fiarrctl 
 
 Mr. Barrett is the first president of the National 
 Spiritualist .Xssociution. He is quite a youn); man, 
 iind, as frequently tjuoted was "The ri|;hi man in the 
 rj)(ht place. " He is in every respect a scholar and a 
 gentleman, and worthy the position he holds, and no 
 4loubt generally appreciated by those who know the 
 tiucrifice it costs to fulfil the duties of such a p'ace. 
 And Mr. Barrett was by no means derelict. Few 
 could have done better No doubt others have had 
 more difficult up-hill work, but none have covered 
 >ucb a wide field of beneficiary service in so short a 
 time as this genlleman. He breached into opr>osing 
 elements and breastworks under adverse circnni- 
 xl.'inces that entitle him to the love and sympathy of 
 all Spiritualists. During ISUT he accepted the position 
 «s editor of The Banner of Light 
 
 George H. Bacon 
 
 Mr. Bacon is not akogether unknown to readers of 
 the lAi/hl of Triilh. tK'Casional flashes from his pen 
 have illiiminiiled these columns iluriu); the past. 
 We now introduce him a little nearer. Mr. Bacon 
 was born in WcllHeet. Mass, in lH;«i, but attended 
 school in I{o«ton. TIioukIi brought up a MethiMlist, 
 he bi^'ame, in his teens, an attendant upi)n Rev. 
 TbeiMlore Parker's preaching, which subseijuently 
 had much to do with shaping bis thought an.i liberal- 
 izing his mind. During the past thirty-five years be 
 has held a government position, and while in Wash* 
 ington he helped to establish spiritual meetings in 
 that city in contiection with Father Pierpont, \. F.. 
 Newton. Thomas (Jales Forster. Cranston I,auri. .Al- 
 fred Horton, Dr. Rowland, and a few others. In the 
 recently published ' I.ife Work of Cora I.. V. Rich- 
 mond," Brother Bacon's pen furnishes the interesting 
 chapter relating to that lady's services in Washing- 
 ton, D?C., during the reconstruction en«. K predic- 
 tion made at the time respecting governmental con- 
 ditions has become singularly verified. During the 
 past few years he has repeatedly lectured before the 
 Society of Progressive .Spiritualists at Washington, 
 D. C, and also before several of the literary ehibs 
 of that city. 
 
 - -^ C. cl. Barnes 
 
 ' ' Mr. Barnes is a trumpet and clairvoynhf medium — 
 has been since l.ST'J developing in Newjwrt. Ky., 
 under Mr. and Mrs. John \. .Iohns<in, of Covington. 
 Mr. Shannon, and Mr.. Hare, of Cincinnati. .Since 
 then he has traveled over twenty-nine States, holding 
 «eanees. both private and public, with. good success 
 generally. His home is at 238 East Lynn street, An- 
 derson, ind. , '. , . 
 
 ^ror. Jos. Rodes Buchanan. M' t>. 
 
 Dr. J. R. Buchanan, whose well-known countenance 
 graces this album, was born at Frankfort Ky.. Dec. 
 11, 1814. At the age of twelve he l>egan the s"tudy,<jf 
 law, but circumstances led in other directions, and, 
 like many other great men. he began his famous 
 career as a printer. Having innate genius he became 
 a teacher with progressive iviews on his profession. 
 This naturally curried hiin beyond (he common 
 sphere of his lalKjrs, and he became a teacher among 
 the ■ teachers. His researches and discoveries con- 
 cerning the human bniin, the skull, and the living 
 man, constituted a trinity of practical value to man- 
 kind which will do more for human salvation than 
 all the traditional ones combined. The diK'tor's meth- 
 o<ls of investigation landeil him M|uarely into the 
 midst of a new field a si-ience now known as psy- 
 chomctry. Mis experiments in that line accorded 
 with those made by spiritualistic mediums, and re- 
 sulted in his conversion to Spiritualism. Since then 
 Dr. Buchanan has devoted himself more or less to 
 tK'cult subjects bringing |his vast store house of -pre- 
 vious knowk-dge to bear bn, his later investigations, 
 and thereby aiding in the promulgation of the scie/i- 
 tific bninch of Spiritualism. .\» a scholai and teacher 
 Dr. Buchanan ranks with the highest in our I'niversi- 
 ties. Of his worth and abilities Rev. Wm. Strickland, 
 D. D.. wnite in 1HH.5: "Dr. Buchanan is singularly 
 clear, concise, ami interesting in the exposition of his 
 great themes, often risiiig to a rare philosophic elo- 
 quence which rivets attention and enforces convic- 
 tion. He possesses one (|U:ility which interests me 
 above all others, and that is his deep moral and relig- 
 ious enthusiasm. .\ll his aims are practical and hu 
 manitarinua and be has no'-interest in any science or 
 literature that brings no conspicuous benefit to man. 
 Those who have read his great work on Kducation, 
 which many hope will produce a revolution in the 
 .systems of education, cannot fail to have recognised 
 iti it the profound sjigacitv of a practical philanthro- 
 pist, whose principles, if adopted, would put an end 
 to human degradation." Dr. Buchanan is at present 
 living in Sjin .lose. Cal. His latest book is " Primi- 
 tive Christianity." 
 
 E.^. '"SabbilL, M< 0M LL. 0. 
 
 Dr Babbitt, aiithor o( Principles of Light and Color, 
 Human Culture and Cure. Religion, etc.. is the Dean 
 of the College of Fine Forces, now established at Ix)s 
 .Angeles, Cal., which is fast gaining a world-wide rep- 
 utation. The institution has a thorough svstem of 
 absent teaching and confers the degree o\ D. M., 
 Doctor of Magnetics 
 
 0r. E. E. Cenanl . 
 
 Dr. Conant is the husband of Clara Field Conant, 
 the well-known lecturer in our rafLks, unU also an 
 ardent worker in the cause. -"^ , 
 
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 Frank Carpcnlcr 
 
 Mr CarpeQter is conductor of the First National 
 Spiritual Church of Detroit. Mich., and is the hus- 
 band of Mrs. Marion Carpenter, the noted speaker 
 and psychometrist. 
 
 Mrs. Marion Carpenter 
 
 This lady is a psychometr^ and inspirational 
 speaker and serves the friends in Detroit, Mich. 
 She is doing a good work through her metliumsbip, 
 and has made ninny a sorrowing heart think that 
 life was worth living. 
 
 James C. Clark 
 
 Mr. Clark was generally known as the " Poet of the 
 People," and the '" Poet Singer." He was born* in 
 Constancia, N. Y., in 1830. He was a Spiritualist all' 
 his life, and wrote for such magazines as the Arena. 
 He was a man of great litenirv ability. His last 
 earthly home wait in Pasadena, Cal., from whence he 
 passed over in October, 1897. 
 
 0cane Clark 
 
 Dr. Clarke is an old war horse in.our ranks and has 
 had many a hard struggle with error and supersti- 
 tion. He is. well known all over the country, though 
 his labors were confined principally to the west dur- 
 ing the past years. Besides being a good lectoi^r 
 on Spiritualist subjects he is equal to any emergency 
 on economic subjects. Dr. Clarke also has a poetical 
 vein in his c'omposition which manifests at times 
 much to the delight of his hearers and rea^ra of 
 newspapers. 
 
 Vr. A. ColvUle 
 
 Commenced his career as ah inspirational exponent 
 of the Spiritual philosophy in London twenty-one 
 years ago. Shoi«ly afterwards he came to this coun- 
 trv, where he haMectured to, large audiences in most 
 of the principal cities, and has paid several return 
 visits to Kngland. He has done a great amount of 
 good work, and has published several books. 
 
 . Clara Field Conant 
 
 Mrs. Conant is a resident of Millwood, West Va., and 
 serves the cause as speaker on the public platform. 
 She is a woman with deep convictions of the truth, 
 and serves as one l>orn to her mission. She was~ 
 clairvoyant froip her earliest recollection, began her 
 public work in I8^> as trance speaker, psychometrist 
 and cli^irvoyant and clairaudient diagnosing disease 
 and giving medical (tdvice and magnetic healing until 
 her hf'alth failed, since which time she has resided 
 some years in Washingtoii and West Virginia, occa- 
 sionally lecturing, as her health permitted. S. W. 
 
 Countess of Caithness 
 
 The Countess of Oaithhess Duchesse I)e Poirar), 
 recently decefsed, was an ardent Spirithalist. Her- 
 
self n writing medium.'shc hatl li greax sympathy for 
 mediums, anil invittjil many to visit her in I'aris. She 
 spent much time anil money, and published hooks 
 and pamphlets to further the cause she had so much 
 at heart. 
 
 ■ ffirs. E. Culler , -, 
 
 Mrs Cutler, of I'hilaiK-lphLi, Pa. was lior'n in 
 I'rovidence, K. I., and a medium from her seventh 
 year. She was ordained hy the First .Xssociation of 
 Spiritualists, of Phil.idelphia. I'a , and occupied the 
 platform as a trance speaker and medium for twelve 
 years, reading from flowers brought hy the audience 
 the names and faces seen in them. .Slie has organ- 
 ized societies, and always helped in building up when 
 in weak conditions. Her home is in Philadelphia, I'a. 
 
 0r. Wales W. Clapp 
 
 Dr. Clapp has been for nearly forty years one of the 
 foremost dentists of Connecticut. A mail of sterlin;; 
 rugged character an Ircprescntitive of- a long line of 
 aiicestors whose push energy and eccentricities aie 
 forever interwoven in New Knglan<l history. Dr. 
 Clapp is aiwl. has been for many years a resilient of 
 Norwich, Conn., where be is known as an ouf.spoken 
 Spiritualist and ifletitihed with the work of Spfritual- 
 ism in that city. He has served as ch'irman of the 
 Norwich Spiritualist I'nion. and his heart and purse 
 have evtr been open for the advancement of the 
 cause. 
 
 Mrs. M> cl- Crilly 
 
 Mtjs. Crilly is a platform' test medium and psycho- 
 meter of rare abilitv. She is at home at .\llegheny. 
 Pa. 
 
 Sir William Crookes, F. ft. S. 
 
 Mrl Crookes is one. of th^ most noted and notable 
 chemists and physicists" of the time. In his work 
 " Researches into the Phenomena called Spiritual," 
 he boldly asserted the reality of the manifestations, 
 and declared that trickery could notyovtjr the ground. 
 He affirmed recently that there i'« "absdiitely no 
 reason " iinm-i to deny the probability of such phe- 
 nomena '■ as he described, and he still adheres to the 
 statement o^Vacts made in his book. In hif* testi-. 
 mony to'Spirituali<m, he says: 'That hitherto un- 
 recognized form of Force whether it be called physi- 
 cal or psychical is of little consetjuence -is involved 
 in this occurrence is not with me a mattet-of opinion, 
 but of absolute knowledge." 
 
 >Etla T. Couiiey 
 
 Mrs. Cowle.v was l)orn in I.eon, N. Y., 1852. In 18»5 
 she developed as an inspirational writer, and then 
 began to prepare for public work. Her children, like' 
 herself, are all mediumistic. 
 
 ^ Luir7er Colby 
 
 Mr. Colby founded Tlit li'iniur of l.iijlit in Boston, 
 is 1857, an<i edited it for over thirty -seven years, ije 
 
 had previously been a materialist, hut "hy his in- 
 vestigation* became convinced of the conscious con- 
 tinuity of human life beyond the grave, and the power 
 of the excarnate ones to intelligently make their pres- 
 ence known — under certain proper but imperative 
 conditions — to the dwellers in the mortal form." He 
 was ihi's brought to recognize thewiul within himself, 
 anil bisstunly independence of mind made him a tit 
 instrument for pioneer work for the angel-world. 
 Mr. Colby piis.sc<l to the higher life in IH'4, in hi" 
 eighly-tirsl year. Hii^self a medium, he had great 
 sympathy with "sensitives," niid dispnvveil the 
 absurd assertion tliat m.-'liumship is injurious to 
 health, and .shortens lite. The gpo<1 he did lives afieK 
 he hn* '.'gone home<" r> ^' ■■ ■ -^ ' ■ 
 
 Mrs. M' E. Caoluiallader 
 
 Mrs. Cadwallader is pi-rbaps one of the best known 
 1 idy workers in our ranks. She has'bcen especially 
 active in the work of the N. S. \.. and has done mucli 
 1. 1 ward its pertnanency. She has been identitieil 
 with other' societies and aided in other org.ihiKrt- 
 tions. Hut her chief aivomidislimenl has been in the 
 publishinir of ".\ntii|uily I'liveiled," stie being jmrt 
 of the pul>lishing cympany which brought this book' 
 to light. Her home is in Philadelphia, where .1. M. 
 Uoberis once published " Mind ami Matter," the 
 newspaper in which the fii-sf niessages of the afore- 
 named bo<ik appeared Mix. Cad wallader was iilreml.v 
 connected with this paper and from which period 
 her prominence in the cause, began. ^She is yet a 
 . voung woman, tine looking, graceful, tall and vcy 
 intellii;i-ni, earnest and peace lovint;: She. is also a 
 good speaker and has been heard^froin many a rost- 
 rum in b-half of the N S. .\i Her last import. int 
 move has been a visit i to Kngland. where she h;is 
 done some work for thiseaiise bvneticial to iill. and of 
 which the readers of this pap' r «ill reap iln- benetit. 
 Her home address is care of (tiiental Publishing Com- 
 niany, Philadelphia. Pa. 
 
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 Elliott Coucs, Scientist 
 
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 Mrs. C. Cooper 
 
 Mrs Cooper is a trance and test midium at .\kron. 
 Ohio. Mr.'and Mrs. C >oper resided in Ivigland pre- 
 ' vious to IStill. They lived in a house that <>nee bc- 
 longeil to King Henry VIII In this spacious house 
 doors would open, rips would be neard; Mrs. Cooper's 
 age I grandmother, beinj; an invalid, wiiiilil be cirried 
 up several flights of stairs li\ an invisible moior. The 
 house would be lighted .|ip at inidniglu. and the 
 family would be so alarmed that tbev would tiee for 
 safety. Spiritualism was unknown to them. No one 
 would reside in the house with them ; these gixxl peo- 
 ple decided to come to .\inerioa and thus rid them- 
 selves ill" this obnoxious txperience, but it followed 
 them for a titne. Finally for a period of ten years 
 they enjoyed "peace." After a time Mrs Cooper 
 learned of Spiritualism and sat for development, with 
 the usual results. She ^as a medium unbeknown to 
 
 herself. 
 
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 The subject of this sketch ia one of the few men 
 who have become famous t>dth in physical and psych- 
 ical science. He has long been recog ized as one of 
 the leading naturalists of America, and of late yearn 
 has ac(|nired e<|nal di.stinclion as a philosopher. Ilr. 
 Coues was l>orn in Port>mouth, N H.. Sept 9. IH42, 
 and is the son oT^.iiiiuel Klliot Cones and Charlotte 
 Have'n Ijidd Coues. His father was in business in 
 early lif; with Ichaboil Goo<Iwin t afterward goveVnor 
 of New Hampshire', and laielf the author of several 
 scientific treatises which anticivated some oUthe more 
 modern views of physics, astronomy and geology ; so 
 thitf .voung Coues would seem to have inherited his 
 bent of miml toward study and research. The famil.v 
 moved to Washington in IS.^1, and Ilr. Coues has 
 alwaxsbeei' a resident of tliat eitv. excepting during 
 the .\ears he serveil in the west and south :^s an army 
 ortieer or engaged in scientitic explorations. As a 
 'boy he was educiled under .lesuit influences at the 
 ) seminary now known as (JonzagacoUege. - In 1H.57 he _J 
 entered a Haptist college mow Columbian I'niver- ' 
 isiiy . where he graduated in IStil in the academic de- 
 partment, and in ISBS in the iiiedica^department of 
 tliat inst'tution. To the degrees of .\. H., A. M., Ph. 
 It., and M. D., conferred hy this college, his riper . 
 scholarship has added titles enough rt> All a page 
 from learned societies jill over the world. PhoH 
 Coues has been nearly all his life a collaborator of the 
 Smithsonian institution of Washington, and his name 
 is most frequentlv mentioned in that connection. 
 Prof S. K. Baird, as well as Profes.sors Louis Agassiz ^^ 
 ktv\ .I.osepli Henry, wis ijuick to recognize his ability'^ 
 In earl.v years, and h.v invitation of the former Dr. 
 Coues had long had an -office in the institution, 
 tfi7)uch without pay. During the years that he was 
 «1i ardent and successful collector it) the Held, his 
 numberless spec'mens of natural histbr.v were pre- 
 senleil to the I'nited States goiernment, and- now, 
 form no inconsiderable part of the material for study' 
 in the NatiorTal Museum, of which many other n«i"r- 
 alisls. in various departments of zoolog.v. have been 
 able to .-ivail themselves. Mjiny of^these specimens 
 have been found new t^ science, apd several h:'ve 
 been named in. compliment to their discoverer. His ^ 
 scientitic investigations into Spiritualism brou.trht « 
 him much criticism, but t'e lived it down, and stapds 
 
 as one among many of that class wh<) tesiify to the 
 truth of that which he has discovered. 
 
 fllexanoler Campt>ell '' 
 
 My Campbell is known as one of the celebrated 
 Spiritualists of Campbell Bros." fame. Besides this 
 wimderlul phase of mediiimship, he obtains slate 
 writing, and holds seances for eithei^. of the above. 
 In coniunction with his brother, they also have held 
 seances for typewriting, wonderfuF results accrning. 
 
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'' , Charles Campbell 
 
 Mr. C. Campbell ikiIu- voiinn».'rl>n)thiT<iftlu- famous 
 Campbell l,<rolluTs. spirit arlints. slate writing. an<l 
 typewritinjt mediums. Like his- brother, he is a per- 
 fect (««;ntleman in deportment, ajiil manifests all the 
 traits of refitiemeni an«J respi'cyible lineage. j 
 
 • . Mrs. Maiiie E. Clemens | 
 
 The subject of thissketeh was born in Clinum eoiin- 
 t.v. Ohio, ill lH4rt. .She is the oldest praetieinj; nieilium 
 in .Columbus, beiiiK born with nie<liuniistio tcifts, and 
 was enrlv developed in the ilitt'erent phases of medi- 
 uniship. The most (troininent has been her clairvox - 
 
 ^ ant seeing: and healing powers. Man> people have 
 been relieved of pain and suH'erinj:. and placed baek 
 in a healthier condition, and are now vnjo.xinj; life 
 ■ ajid the blessinjts of health in this city »>' ColuiHbus. 
 Aside tmni healing and seeing powers, Mrs. Clemens 
 is a natural psychic and an excellent trumpet ineili- 
 
 /■ uni. In fact, she lives in the realm -of spirit and has 
 these marvelous j;ifts so naturally develi>ped that 
 they are not appreciateil by her as beinn out of the 
 ordinary, or as her many frieiidsdo who are ever eajjer 
 to catch the sound of inspiration and hear the many 
 consoling words that are >riven. Havinjj been a resi- 
 ■ dent of Columbus nineteen years, she is well and fa- 
 
 / vorably known in the city anil surroundinj; cotintry 
 for her many meiliuniistic (jualities. 
 
 , W. E. Coleman 
 
 \Vm. Kmmette Coleman was born in VirfjinM' -'une 
 19. IMM. In 1H.W, at sixteen, he became converted to 
 Spiritualism from orthodoxy, and ever since he has 
 been an earnest adv>c:ite. with pen and voice, of 
 rational, scientific Spiritualism Throunh his Spirit- 
 ual sm he became in deep sympathy with woman's 
 rijthts, and all othwr socioloRic and philanthropic re- 
 form-. .Mso ibiounh Spiritualism he became an evo- 
 lutionist and he has written and lectured a treat deal 
 on evolution ami Darwinism He has contributed 
 hundreds of articles to ^lie Spiritual and FreeTliouKht 
 periodicals of .Xmerica ;ind Kuro|)e. and has lecttired 
 man.v times on Spiriuialisni He is very critical and 
 analytical, and has labored to put Spiritu.ilism and 
 the occult on a scientific basis, free from fraud and de- 
 lusion For many years he has been a close student 
 of Orientalism, and has published many articles on 
 Hinduism, Huddhism, Kiiyptolofcy. etc He is a mem- 
 ber of the Ameiican Oriental '^oeiety. Royal .\siatie 
 Society of (Jreat Britain :inl Ireland, I'ali Text Society, 
 Ixindon Society for Psychical .Research, Brooklyn 
 Kthical .\88ociat ion. Library As.sociation of Central 
 California, and wius a member of the .\dvisory Coun- 
 cils of thQ World's Congress of J-"volutionist« and the 
 I'svchic Science Congress at the Chicago World's 
 Ka'ir. in 1H93. 
 
 - Marlouu Oavis 
 
 Mr I>avis is one of our jKipular physical mediums, 
 through whom many have ha<l consoling messages 
 fniin the be>ond, and wht> is ever active in the good 
 work of making converts to Spiritualism. 
 
 Miss Silvia E. Oaniels 
 
 Miss haniels is a trumpet, niaterrali/.lng. psycho 
 metric, anil inspirational medium. Her motto is to 
 do giMid when oppoittinitv atf'ords and speak kindly 
 ofeve.ryone. Her home is in \\aterh>o. Ind. 
 
 , Charles Sauobarn 
 
 Mr Dawbarn is a well-known contributor to the 
 spiritual press. His home is in San lA-andro, Cal., 
 wbeie he labors in the spiritual vineyard and other 
 fields of leforiii. He is a veiioitile writer and an ad- 
 vanced thinker, and frei|Uently makes Iniunds which 
 incite antagonism, but only, to prove himself in the 
 right after a year or tVo. He is a pioneer among the 
 pioneers and thus a valuable iici|uisition to oiir ranks. 
 
 Judge f1. H. Dailey 
 
 \ 
 
 Judge Dailey, of Brooklyn. N. Y., has been an in- 
 vtstig.ttor lor over thirty years, and was always an 
 inlerestid worker in the cause He lias been instru- 
 mental in holding the forces together for both siK-iely 
 and camp affairs, and was latterly presi<lent of the 
 New Kngland Spiritualist Canii> Meeting .Vssoci ition. 
 This gentleman was once .ludge of Probate, but is 
 now practicing law' in Brookljn. He is also nn able 
 writer, being author of The Life of Mollie Kancher. 
 
 Mrs. E. d. OeLmorest 
 
 Mrs Klizabclh ,1. DenioiestVif Pittsburg. Pa. is an 
 earnest and conscientious wiirter in the field. Her 
 mediumship was inlieriteil. bjnh parents being medi- 
 umistic. Hut not until .MrsyVolbx Luther enlighten- 
 .ed them did they understand it practically. Since 
 then she has 'bi-en ever ready to serve the cause by 
 her inspirations. 
 
 Mrs. Ella L. Oearborn 
 
 This widelv known medium occupien a cKbiee and 
 honorable niche iii the temple of true mediumship. 
 Her home is in Brooklyn. .N. Y. Mrs. Her born was 
 borii-a medium, the hereditary (|uality coming down 
 thrf-ough her parents and grandprtrents, the former, 
 howevec, making no use of it. Mrs. Hearborn's 
 psychic gifts began to find expression in the form of 
 prophecy when she was ten years of age. Her fathvr 
 was an abolitionist and identified with the leaden* of 
 the anti-slavery movement of forty years ago. On 
 one occ'asion a party of theni were discussing the sit- 
 uation in the presence of the child, when she inter- 
 rupted, in a very earnest manner, as follows: "The 
 slaves will all be free, but there will be a big war first. 
 
 I see many people killed and dying, and the ground 
 is red with blood." Mi>. Dearborn is a woman of re- 
 finement and culture, and her social standing has 
 always been of the highest. 
 
 Henry C. Ootrn 
 
 Mr. Henr> C. IH)ri>, of Newark, N. J., is a me<lium, 
 exceptionally gifted in impressional, psychic and 
 magnetic force. He is an able lecturer, and also a 
 'most successful healer. With a view to enlarging his 
 field of usefulness, Mr. Dorn has spent considerable 
 time experimenting in solar magnetics, and his effort* 
 have proven a blessing to many unfortunates. In 1893 
 he organized the First -Church of Spiritual I'rogres- 
 sion at Newark. N. .1., and becanutits president. A 
 thorough liberatist in creed. .Mr iHjrn has welcomed 
 to this church's platform men and women of inde- 
 pendent views and broadening thought. 
 
 Rndreui Jackson Oavis 
 
 Few names in lour ranks touch the hearts of Spirit- 
 ualists with such fervor as does that of Andrew Jack- 
 son I>avis. the " Seer of Pouglikeepsie." Those who 
 have r. ail his " Divine Revelations " and other works 
 can not but regard him as the greatest revelator the 
 world has ever produced, as well as the fathdr irf 
 Spiritualism. He began when a boy to manifist me- 
 diumship, though unknown to him as such. But in 
 the hands of projier mesmerizers he revealed knowl- 
 edge which was marvelous and far beyond even the 
 capacity of his operators. Davis himself was at the 
 time but an ignonint l)oy. and had had very little 
 si-hooling. But as a medium he was instructed ly 
 higher inliuence. and in time became a proliHc and 
 fluent writer. Besides the "(Jreat Harmonia," of 
 five large volumes, he wrote many others, treating 
 on all subjects of interest to humanity. His knowl- 
 edge of medicine surprised the dix'tors who had him 
 undc^^mesmeric control, and since then he ha>- liecome 
 a physician himself and practices' his profession. 
 His home is in Boston. - ' 
 
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 Br. G. C. B. Eoiell 
 
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 Dr. Kwell is a lecturer of Denver. Colo., but mo- 
 mentarily in Leadville locating mines. He is an 
 active worker and good. organizer. 
 
 Eol^ar W. Emerson 
 
 Mr. Emerson has been fre^juentlv pronounced the 
 greatest test medium of the age. "fhere is no dou>>t 
 that his phyyhismxis marvelous and through which 
 many have been converted to Spiritualism. He has 
 i>ccupied nearly every rostrum in the lapd at one 
 time or another. His home is in Manchester, N. H. 
 
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' d. B. Everett . • 
 
 Mr. Everett is :i worker lit IMijuii, O. He leetiii«s 
 principally on Hilile subjeets, treiit inn* them from , a 
 spiritual standpoint. He aims to reach church people 
 and brinK.thein to an investi);ation of the cluimH of 
 Spiritualism. 
 
 Eal|ith Evelyn Eoliuarols 
 
 Mi|b Edwards is the dau>;htcr of Mrs. Carrie l.v 
 Bean^ of Lincoln. Xeb. She is a medium for inde- 
 pendent voices, trance -and inspirational music, and 
 IS becoming a useful worker to the cause. 
 
 Oscar R. Edjerly 
 
 Mr. Kdfjerlv is a po])ular speaker of the eastern 
 states, where he !•< often beard b\ lovers of the cause. 
 His themes are varied and always instructive. 
 
 Fred. P. Evans 
 
 Mr. Evans was born in IStii, went to sea in his 
 youth, and dcvelopeil as a medium in marine service. 
 He ih a slate writer; and has sal with I'rof. \. K. Wal- 
 lace, whose testiin(>ny he owns. He has been abroad 
 ami held seances in many KiiKlish cities cast and 
 west. Besides I>I■(l(ilK•in^r marvelous phenomena in 
 pneumatroRrapiiv be has developed others with 
 donnent powers tor the same phase. ^ Hisjitiuic is in 
 ■ San Francisco, tlioui;h is often away un<fer enjiatfe- 
 mentM elsewhere: 
 
 Imojene C. Fales 
 
 Mrs. Falcs is the tieneral Secretary of the .\nieri- 
 can Co-Operative (nion, lur hcadc|Uarlers beinfj at 
 IJensonhurst, N. Y. She is also an able speaker on 
 ethical subjects. 
 
 MVs. C. M. Foisom 
 
 Mrs. Foisom is a comparatively new medium in the 
 fiehl, but none the less worthy in that she has already 
 had her battle with the courts for medial rijrhts, and 
 won her case much to the ilisconitilure of her raiders. 
 ■—•ir^'-Her principal feature was materialization, but lat- 
 . j'^ terly she has been developinj; other phases, amonK 
 them^tcst and inspirational speaking. 
 
 Col. James Freeman 
 
 Col. Freeman is the I'resident of the Mississippi 
 Valley Spiritualists' Association. He is an ardent 
 S])iritHalist and never fails to defend the cause when 
 needed and to use his influence for >;ood. 
 
 Camilie Fiammarion 
 
 I Fiammarion ranks as one of the leadinK modern 
 
 nslronomers in France. He is a prolific author, lind 
 pos.sesse» the faculty of presenting his favorite scie'nce 
 
 in a "popular and attractive manner. He has been 
 one of the leading suppofters of Spiritualism in. 
 France for many years. '1 houKli he has not published 
 any special work dealing specially with Spiritualism, 
 yet many of his books, such as "The I^Kt Days of 
 a I'hilosopher," "The I'lancts and the Heavens," 
 " The I'lurality of Words," " rrania," "Stella," in- 
 corporate spiritual philosophy but sli^fhtly veiled. 
 The immortality of the soul ; successive lives on all 
 the worlds of tliv universe, eternal evolution ; the 
 continuous development of wisdom, justice, love, are 
 the leading i<leas of bis philosophv. In connection 
 with .\lfred Kussel Wallace, F. U. S ; Sir William 
 Crookes, of Crookes tube fame ; I'rof. Oliver I.O(l){e, 
 F. K. S, I). .Sc. ; I'rof Wm. James, of Harvard; A. 
 .\ksakow, Itussian imperial councillor ; ElMott Coues, 
 professor Smithsonian Institute; l<ord Dunraven, M. 
 Sardou, Lilian Whitinjt. I'lorence Marryatt, and a 
 score of other notables, however, he tills a niche in 
 the nrand ^:nlaxy of mental giants who endorse 
 Spiritualism. M. Fiammarion, in his testitnony of 
 Sj^iritualism, says: "I do not hesitate to athrm my 
 conviction, based on pers*)nal examination of the 
 subject, that any scientific man who declares the 
 phenomena, denominated 'magnetic,' 'somnambu- 
 lic,' ■ mediumistic,' and others not yet explained by 
 science, to be 'impossible,' is one who speaks with- 
 out knowing what he iVtalking about." 
 
 B. O. Floujer ""- 
 
 Mr. Flower is one of the I'haros lights along the 
 beleaguered coast of human progress ; a man whose 
 (|ualilies fit him to be target for the worldjs calumny. 
 .\nd tln-re is no fate more enviable. .Still. he believes 
 in huni:>nit>. This, too, is a part of his fate. William 
 I.loyd Ct'arrison w'as dragged by a mob through the 
 streets of Koston with a rope around his neck. Hut 
 he believed in humanity, and to-day his statue graces 
 Coiiimonwealth avenue and bis spirit permeates the 
 atl'airs of the .\merican people. Mr. Flower is best 
 known on two continents b_\ his work as former edi- 
 tor of 7'/i' Anii'i. He undertook to niake'that excel- 
 U'nt periotlicaT a piping voice f«>r the submerged 
 ninety-five percent- ami failed. Hut some failures 
 are successes: He is now associated with Frederick 
 I'pham .\dams in the editorial management of Tin 
 Ml ir 'liiin , published in Chicago. Mr. Flower is a 
 vigorous and prolific writer, his principal works, aside 
 from his editorship, being "The Century, of Sir 
 Thomas More;" ''Whiltier: I'oet, Seer and Man;" 
 '(icralil .Massey : I'oet, I'rophet and Mystic;" 
 "Lessons Learned From Other Lives;" " Civiliza- 
 tion's Inferno, or Studies in the Social Cellar ;" "The 
 New Time : A Plea for the I'nion of the Moral Forces 
 for Practical Progress." Mr. Flower has not lost 
 Bight of the vital bearing which a knowledge of the 
 future life, if demonstrable, must necessarily exer.t 
 upon humanity here on earth, and he has given much 
 time anil earnest consideration to this master chord 
 of human |)rogress. 
 
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 _ ^' T- <** Gournay 
 
 Mr. de (iournay is best known as a favorite con- 
 tributor of the l.iijht lit 'J'lUlli. He is always practicftl, 
 clear and concise and never fails in interest. His 
 writings carry the stamp of an educated reasoner and 
 a gentleman. ' 
 
 <l. C. F. Crumbinc ~ 
 
 Mr. (Srumhine is one of oufCmost active workem at 
 present. He was lor many years a highly respected 
 I'nitarian minister at (ieneseo. 111. Being free from 
 orthiMlox bias, he had the courage to look into Spirit- 
 ualism with the •nevpable result of proper investiga- 
 tion. Seeing more truth in Spiritualism than in 
 creedalism. he gradually merged into the former and 
 is now a regular speaker in our ranks. He is yet a 
 young man, and highly gifted intellectually. ^i» 
 lectures are both scientific and spiritual. .. ' ' 
 . — • ' > • . 
 
 Dr. ip. S. George ' • ■ 
 
 I>r. (^orge is a medical, magnetic and hydropathic 
 therapeutist, and one of the most prominent medi-v. ' 
 ums now before the public for the curing of diseWiMtw — ■ — 
 without the use of drugs. He resides in Lincolii, Neb. 
 
 Rev. d. F. Geotoles r^ 
 
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 Mr. tieddes has been for years the Secretary for the' • 
 W. r. S. A. of Minneapolis, Minn., and is, withal a ' 
 worker in the cause for its upbuilding. 
 
 M. O. Centzke 
 
 Mr. fJetttzke is the editor uud publisher of the 
 Sfhi'iskii Voiksl'hil' •mil AiliirtiKfi. m West Point, Neb. 
 He now proposes to add a (Jerman Sjiiritualist weekly . 
 to his publications, Mr. (tcntz.ke was born in Berlin, 
 (•ermany ; has been a citizen since isyj, and a pub- 
 lisher since lHH.i. He came to a knowledge of Spirit- "■ 
 ualism'bv me<liuniship in his own fainilv. 
 I 
 
 Capt. E. W. Gould 
 
 Captain (Jould -was formerly a Mississippi river 
 steamer captain. '.riirough a number of visits to 
 various mediums he became convinced of Spiritual- ■ 
 ism, and finally beca^me a speaker himself. His aiin 
 has always been for- organization, and advocated it 
 on all occasions. ,^ T 
 
 Hon. fl. Gaston 
 
 Hon. .\the1ston (Jas^on is one of the most widely 
 known men in nprthwestern P< nnsylvania. He has 
 served his city — Meadville -successfully as milyor, 
 and his business interests have had much to do with 
 the sturdy growth of the town. Mr. (Jaston's princi- r 
 pal business interests is in lumber and timber. His 
 home is a charming spot, and his as.sociations ramify 
 the whole of the cultured domain of his city. Years , j 
 
ago Mr. (iaston bociimc c'onvcrti-d to the truths of 
 Sjiirittialisin, and for s4 iiu|ulu-r of yi':ir> \ms\ ho li:is 
 bi'cn known lo thi- Sj)iritiii>list> ol thi' world as tht- 
 I'roidcnt of the L'i(s>adaj;a Ijikc Vrvv Association, 
 wli»s(.'l>t'aiitit'ur grounds at kilv Dale, N. V., ha\oa 
 world-wide t'aiiie liider Mr. (iaiton's untiring' ener- 
 gies, and with the iiiil of the fi^\v eonneiiiaj souls as- 
 sticiated with him, this I'aiuous tanip^'round has at- 
 tained its present in^iortance as an vducali|)nal center 
 ■ for SpiritUiMisni. 
 
 \ p- R. E. Caslon j 
 
 Mr .\rchie K. (iaston is the nephew .and dose liusi- 
 nes.t associate of'JIon. .\. tiaston. lie is a liri^ht, 
 ciVutious >t>unK i»an. ami Cora numlier of \ears has 
 filled acceptal>l,\ the onerous ollice of Secretary of the 
 Cassada^a Lake Krec .\ssociation. His picture will 
 he reco);ni/.ed ti> diousand- who have seen him at 
 his post at l.ilx Pale. 
 
 Mrs.'fl. M. CladinS 
 
 >frs. 'Adeline .M. Cladinf; wuh liorn in Philadelphia, 
 I'a. Tntil 1S72 ^he was a sjrict communicant nieni- 
 her of the I'rolesiaitl Kpiscopal Chinch. \\ ahout 
 that time the truth of SpTritualism came to her in her 
 own home, where sitting pri\alel> with a few friends, 
 weekly for a whole year her niediiimship was fully 
 developed, which is that, of total trance. Mrs. (ilad- 
 iiij; is also a tine clairvoyant clairaudieiit and psych- 
 omelrisi, and aiming; her many other mediumistic 
 H't''' i'* that of •• Miriiir writing." the peculiarity of 
 which is that it is written upwanls. hackwards and 
 reversed, heninnin;; at the hotloin of tile J»aj;e and 
 Snishihuat the to)!, ami to he read must be held he- 
 fore a mirror, or read fiMlii tlie opposite side iif the 
 paper hy holding it hefi>re a stronj; li>:ht. Her repu- 
 tation as a speaker and t' st me<lium is too well know ii 
 to he mentioned here, having sp<iken in allThe prin- 
 cipal cities in the liiiled .St ,tes and Canadian Prov- 
 inces, also a' the principal camp meetings. Her 
 lectures-afe alwaxs supplemented l>> platform lest- 
 and automatic writinj;. Her ser\ ices are in conslatit 
 demand hy the ditl'erent Spiritual societies through- 
 out the I'nion. Her home is in Hoy lestow n. Itucks 
 County, I'a. 
 
 Marjarel Caule { 
 
 .Xiuonn the successful and truly jjrcat mediums who 
 have >;raced the -|)iriiual rostrum during the past 
 deca<le, the lady who^e name stands at tlic head of 
 this hit of writintr intisl he counted. M ijruie tiaule, 
 as she is familiarly known all over the east and mid- 
 dle west, is one of the (vv,- who have carried the true 
 blessedness of S]>iritualtMU to myriads tif despairing, 
 doubting ones who had not, until her marvelous 
 powers touched them, a ray of lijjht from beyomi the 
 black shadows of death's nij;ht. I'ntoM nood has 
 been accomplishetl hy and through her niediumship, 
 anil she stands to-day where she has stood for more 
 than ton voars, since the writer knew her, in the 
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 ' front rank of .Kmerioa's platform. mediums, and with- 
 out a sinjrie smirch upon her wcirk.' Mts.s (Jaule Wjis 
 
 • reared a Itoman Catholic.and her brinnin« forth ilWo 
 the gospel and minislration of Spiritualism as one of 
 its host instruments is as romantic as i.t is sigpiticant, 
 and when her biography shall be wxitlen, Spiritual- 
 i»ts \ot unborn will read of one of the marvels of 
 spirit, power in these Into days of docayinK roliKious 
 tliouKht. Like all others who are true to Spiritual- 
 ism, she ha» sacriticed much and has suH'ered. Hut 
 in the Kfoat coinpon»atory law they all find their 
 reward. 
 
 Mrs. lizzie Kelly Martman 
 
 ■Mrs. Hartman is a lady whose prophecies have so 
 far been publisheil in this jiaper. anil most f.Kn- 
 orally fultilled in' accordance with her i)owors of 
 ponetfatinn the causes upon us 
 
 ■Y- 
 
 ^Vill. C. Hodge 
 
 Mr. Hodjtv was most popularly known as the .'sec- 
 retary of the Mississippi Valley Campmeetinn .Asso- 
 ciation. But having recently resigned to "take the 
 lecture tield. our readers niAy become nearet ac- 
 ■ |uail\ted with him by his present spiritual ministru' 
 tions. — • 
 
 Max Hotfrn.an 
 
 Mr. Hcitlman is a slate writer and test medium of 
 Chicago, 111., and a youu); man of worth and a1>ility -' 
 highly ap]ireciated by his friends. He was latterl-y 
 elected President of the Marslialltown, Iowa, Canip- 
 ineetin>r .Association. 
 
 Eugene Henyoo 
 
 fldat) Sheenan Herman 
 
 This lady is an ardent worker in the cause, a KOO<I 
 speaker and psychometrist. She combines the spirit- 
 ual with the material in a manner acceptable to all 
 invosti(;atiir-- ?>he has done a jrreat work for the 
 cause. 
 
 t>T. Mary ft. Hutchinson 
 
 Mrs. Hulcheson is a magnetic healer, clairvoyant 
 aiid ps\chometrist. Her home is at "JtHI) Lyon street, 
 <...:....'>:.. 1. 1 \i.. 
 
 Sprinntield, Mo. 
 
 Waller D. S. Hayujard. 
 
 Mr Hayward was born in Kasi New York, .lanuary 
 i:{, IhTl. Ho is an cnnineer by trade, but by nature li 
 clairvoyant and clairaudient medium. Since prac- 
 
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 -ticioK it he has become a trnnae medium. He is now 
 a regular laborer in the field of Spiritualism and 
 en.joys a jjood reputation. His homo is in Brooklyn, 
 
 Lyman C.'Moioe 
 
 The subject wivose portrait greets the eve of the 
 rvader.,on taking up this vVlbim is one of the best 
 men Spiritualism will have to rooorxl in its history. 
 Few moil have inherited such universal regard by a 
 people as Mr. Howe has, and few haTr^leen more 
 dovotcil to the cause they espouse. 'Honesty is 
 branded on his countenance ; truth is sensed in his 
 influence, and love is the motive power which f;t>><)es 
 Tiim. The clairvoyant eye eiiW not but he awe-struck 
 by a ({'i'np-"'o of his spiritual surroundings. Whea 
 Mr. Howe leaves this earthly sphere his reward will , 
 be compatible "^ith his life here — glorious and 
 rospleiidenl.\ 
 
 dotin Hazelrigg 
 
 .Tohn Hazelrigg is an cs.sjiyist, newspaper corres- 
 pondent and psychic. 
 
 , Mrs. Mattic Hull 
 
 /Mrs. Mattie Hull is the Ipving companion of Moses 
 /Hull, and is also somewhat of a veteran in the good 
 cause. She is an interesting lecturer and essayist, 
 havinK done editorial iwork on various magazines, 
 published a number of books and is an all-around 
 iiteraVy woman. 
 
 . Moses Hull 
 
 Mr. Hiill is a convert from the Seventh Ihiy Advcnt- 
 ists' pulpil. During his ministrations to these good 
 brethren he was conscious of a higher inspiratiotl, 
 with the usual result higher light -and like «n 
 honest man, ho proclaimed the truth, regardless of 
 hjs salary. But few have emulated him, and none 
 can measure steel with him withirtit retiring with a 
 broken hmce. What Moses Hull doesn't know about 
 the Bible is not worth knowing, and thus his potency 
 against others of the cloth 
 
 0. H. Herrick 
 
 Mr. Herrick, of .A-kron, O., is a well-known phe- 
 nomenal medium, mostly tnivcling by pro-engnge- 
 nu-nts or as ho is moved by the spirit. His seances 
 are always interesting and comforting. 
 
 . S. Hartman 
 
 Mr. Hartma: is a native of Switzerland ; is a local 
 lecturer on Spiritualism, having ( mbraced the hew 
 religion and the science of spirit intercourse in 1868. 
 He at various periods has been instrumental iti 
 establishing spiritual societies in Wheeling. W. Va., 
 where ho resides. Ho has been an earnest and active 
 supporter of the cause, by encouraging the press and 
 
our teachers and mediums. In his posMcssion niuv W 
 found a large numbor and variety of spiritual papers. 
 runivinK back to ISHK. He is ijlso a trance speaker 
 and rapping medium. 
 
 0r. Theodore Hansnnann - ■ 
 
 Dr. Hansmann is an old Spiritualist ofWashinjiton. 
 I>. C, and welt known as a pliilantliro)iic soul, u'liose 
 lu-arl is in the cause. l>r. Hansmann is a qujel 
 ■ worVer. but effective in a wav that counts. Hv is a 
 ftrcat friend to mediums and has had larjre phe- 
 nomenal experience at their seances. His best suc- 
 cesses however. liMVe been with sjiiril pholoKraphv. 
 of which he ]>ossesses a lar^e collection. lie i-^ a 
 (tcrman b_v liirth. a rcjiular physician, and well read 
 in many ways. 
 
 Or. C. W. Midden 
 
 Dr. Hidden, of Nc« buryporl. Mass., was designed 
 for the ministry, but in bis initial crusade lijt.iinst 
 iMtempei;;iiice he becatne inspired and disi'overed ihat 
 hi^lher truths that) orlliodi)\ teachinns were Hndihg 
 their way to his mentalilx. 'fliese took root and 
 opened the way to Spiiitualism when presciited Jo 
 h in twelve years ago, though skeptical in the phe- 
 n •niena. Hut bcinj: a medium himself be was soon 
 i[ the position to convert others. His niediuniship 
 resulted in magnetic i.ealinjr. but he lias taken a 
 regular nieilical cour.se in couuectioii with it, and is 
 now :i»)#nictitioner. 
 
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 Prof. -Robert Hare 
 
 a 
 
 Mr. Hare was b irn in IMnl:i(lel)ihia. January IT. 
 ITsl. died at Philadelphia. .Ma\ b'> ls.')S. He was a 
 chemist and professor of chcmisiix in the tnedical 
 department of the Pennsylvania I'liiv. rsity from IHIS 
 to IH4T. In 1S1« he wrote 'Cheniical .\| paritus an<l 
 M:tni)>ubition." and other works. In th'' but r parj 
 of his Mfc, when freeil from cires. he inv stigated 
 SpiritualisM) scientifically, and reporlcil them in 
 newspaper articles anil pamphlet form, most of which 
 is now out of print. Hut the records exist variously 
 of his acceptance of lh<j spiritual phenomena, and 
 thus lielonKK to the category of scientists in our ranks. 
 
 I9ev. d. Ps^e Hopps 
 
 Rev. .1 Page Hopps, whose portrait we bring in 
 this album, is a disciple fiotn the Knglish church, con- 
 verted to Spiritualism (|uite a number of yean> ago in 
 London, where he is still active in the cause. Mr., 
 Hopps IS a man of broad, liberal mind, and true to 
 his convii'tions. He has been the means of opening 
 the way for manv of the church to enter Spiritualism., 
 and his never failed t' make his reasons clear to 
 th'ise who ((Uestioned him as to his change of heart. 
 As H mm he is upright.' honest and truthful ; as a 
 speaker graceful, ettective and interestinf;. He nliio 
 
 wields a good pen. which he has used freely in de- 
 fense of the cause he espousesT and never retreats 
 when dnt> calls him to the f<)re. IIi>-i<(Tdress is Oak 
 Tree House, Soiilli N'liwood Hill. I.<<ndon, S, K. 
 
 Mrs. E. S. Hibbilts 
 
 Mrs Ilibbiit-. the indepeiulent trumpet nieiliiini of 
 MiiMcie. Ind ., was born and raisOd in Cincinnati. (( 
 When she was i|uite \oung manifestations occurred 
 ill her honie. In a few >ears at'terwaril she com- 
 menced, to sit for development which she kept iip^ 
 unite steady f'orseien years Her control. Dr. W. S 
 Sharp, was with ber five years belore she knew who 
 be was. His earth home was in Kvansville. Iinl . 
 ;inil her first trip from Iriiie to give seances was in 
 his n itive eit>, and s'nc- then she has been in niat'y 
 places Within thi' la-t five years and since her 
 marriage to Major \V. Ilibbiis tiiey have ti-.iveled ex-' 
 tensively. never going except by invitation. 
 
 ■ D. W. Mull 
 
 D. W. Hull WIS born in Delawaie County Ohio. 
 .\pril Hi Iv'tt He was niscd in the w.Midsiii Indi- 
 ana, gradiialeil in a log schotd hoiis.-; becalm- relir- 
 ioiis at eighteen, uniting ^Tnii the I'nited Hiethreii 
 Church : soon withdrew anil united with the .\dvent- 
 ists. and in IS.'>» biciime a Seveiuli-day .\dventist, 
 and Jireachi'd occasional^ for ibem till he became 
 a SpiritiMlist in .lune. IsHs In making the transi- 
 tion h • siirt'ered a tirlure of min J s great as that <le- 
 scribed by Mrs. Humphrey Ward in "■ Holiert Kls- 
 mere.". In :i short time he took the lecture field and . 
 lectun <jljiearl\ every Sunday, and more ihan half of 
 • the wei'lj .day evenings till the fall of IHTIJ. « ben. his 
 voice gi»jiig^oiit, he went into the Ki'forni publishing 
 business. He is now publishing a poljticirl reform, 
 paper, but wants to get out of the publishing business 
 and take the field again, as he has numeroas calls in 
 that direction. He is naturally a religiously dispo-eil 
 person very tender of theTcelings of othiis. and 
 wishes to see Spiritualism lake a lofiy ]H>sition. but 
 not a siinctimonioHs one. where biiniaiiitv may be 
 ele>:ite/il by it. II'- is » brother of Moses Hull. His 
 addr ssi is Norton, Kan. 
 
 dudjlc fl. Maromond 
 
 Judge Hamniond. of Mot .Springs. .\rk.. is a pioneer 
 in our cause, and an anli iii vtudenl of oo-nll idienoin- 
 ena. . His investigaiu-g iiiiii of mind mad' bini :i, 
 good subject for looking b. »i>rd ■ tfec's. .\ mind' 
 trained to weigh evidence i« tb<- prope- one to in- 
 vestigate Ibe occult, and .hidi;e II ninio< d h;i. done 
 il Well. The unwritten law is tbe naiiiril Mi|iieiU'e 
 of the written the unseen the one bevond the seen 
 —and he who is proficient in the one is rcaily to tiiUe 
 up the study of the other. Our friend covers' the 
 analogue. 
 
 I 
 
 Mrs. .0.r. Hilligoss 
 
 This ladpi- is an inspirational speaker, a (ierman by 
 birth, and was born in Frankfort on-the Main. Her 
 father was a (Jermah count, and an artist of superior' 
 merit. w4i(t w. is disinherited because he married below 
 his station, baying marrieil a pure, sweet girl who 
 was a seamstress in the Hotlischild family. He 
 nioveil to .Xmi-rica when Mrs H. was a chiki four 
 years of age. Tw-o years afterward her father died, 
 leavini; ilie familv in indigent circumstances. She 
 was I hen adopt eil bx Christopher Coftin. Ksq., a 
 we •Ithy cili/.en of Madison, Ind . who gave her a 
 firti'shed education. She took a poiiition in the city- 
 schools as a teachvr. where, by assiduity, she soon 
 worked her way to the priiicipalship of the Third 
 \V anl school, a positn'ii she held for six yiars. up to 
 the time of her marriage. .\t the age of twenty-five 
 she was married to Dr. (J. N. Ililligoss of .\ndersoD. 
 Ind., and moved to that city, where they still reside 
 She is tifiytwi) years. old and tbe mother of three 
 ■l-hildren, all in the s|iiril life. She is the founder of 
 the Madison .\v«-niie Tepiple of .Anderson. Ind. Hav- 
 ing sveii-tlie buibling dairvoy anily. she niid it con - 
 structeil on the plan givi n by her guides She donateil 
 the valuiMe lot on whicb the temple stands, the 
 organ, the clock, :ind sexeial hundred- dolJars in 
 money, arid the" went upon the streets soliciting aid 
 ami wa'ked for tliree years until the work was ac- 
 coiniilisbed. She was ordaiirtit in this temple by 
 Cora I.. V. Uichniond. Oct .S. isstt .Vfter her orriina" 
 t1oii sli>- was chosen anil served as its |iastor for one 
 >eai. when her guidis advised her to take the open 
 field. Since that time slo- has successfully servid ii. 
 Ibe soeieii« s of .\li xanilria, Marion Fort Wayne and 
 Kvansville. Ind., and Louisville. Kx.. and was last 
 fillinir an eighteen months" engagcn\^'nt as pastor of 
 the F'irst Spiritual church of New Orleans La. 
 
 Victor Hugo on Sp 
 
 Mt-ilUalltsm 
 
 The announcement that Victorien Sardou had writ- 
 ten a play called " Spiiitisme " and boldly declares . 
 hisTielii f in Spiritualism has bci-n the means of re- 
 calling ilie position tak<n on the su!>iect liy another 
 great Frenchman. Victor Hugo. The latter's belief 
 in occult powei-s was nexer any secret with liim, and 
 can be found in many of his xxiiiings F"urtJier«nd 
 more complete statemenis of the iiiH't's oxperici^cea 
 ' are to be found in his memoirs. " Journal of My Kx-*^ 
 ile." edited by his dauchter. Mile. .Vdele Hueo, isthc 
 title of the x\orl-. Of his early experiences, datinf; 
 bijek as fir as March, ISf-J the poet writes: "Jersey 
 is an islanil full of legends. Ther" is not a rock, not 
 an olil ruin, which is not siipposeil to be bauhted. 
 One night about three months ago a young working- 
 man w IS going towanl the Chui*h Sainte-Sue. Sud- 
 denly he saw at the end of rhe.rfad a white and mo- 
 tio- Uss figure. It se nu-d. indeed one mass of white 
 H:inie. The workingmaii sioppni a moment terrified, 
 Then, making a violent elforu he dashed ahead and 
 
so inn piist thf^tlstmin^; white spictre. "This ajijiiri- 
 tion iippiMroil scvi-ral timi> afliTwiml. and tiiiallj l)f- 
 iMinc kiiiiwii iis tlie Whitf Ijuly. Thi- first time I'liv 
 f'alhiT heard of the workiiiKniiiti's adventure h.- 
 smiled. Yet, strange to sa_\\he lie^an to hear strange 
 sounds in his l>edrooni e\ kA' nipht. Atone time his 
 j)itj)ers wouhl rustle. IhouKh there uas no wind ; at 
 another time s^me one would he heard knoelcin); at 
 his wall. .Mv hrolhers, who slept in the adjoining 
 rooms, heard the sann- noises. <»thep miners eijually 
 strunj:e also happened. On «he evening when Ta-. 
 jieur. the ineendiar< , died', n\\ mother, after loekiuK 
 her heilroom door, went to l>ed, I'orjfettihn to Mow 
 out the liKlil. The nij:ht was ver> ealm and there 
 was not the least hreath ol'air. Yet when my mother 
 awoke the room was dark. The candle, ihoiijfli not 
 consumed, had been exiinKuished. Hv whon>'.' (hi 
 February 2'2. m^ father came home at 11 p. m., ami as 
 he passed through the room faein||» the street he no- 
 ticed that the wjjidows were )|uite dark. Yet when 
 my two brothers came home at 'J a. m. the wiiulows 
 were abla/.e with lintit. Yestenlax eveninj: Charlts 
 was amusing; himself b\ trying to make a table talk. 
 First he said t-o the spirit who was present : ' What is 
 your name '.' ' The spirit or ^host replied that its 
 name was the White I.aily, a|id that it could not talk 
 ,' to any one except in the street and at .t a. m My 
 father came in Just then. ajid. heinn informed of the 
 hour tixeil for the interview, he concludeil that he» 
 would he inort; comfortable in bed tlian chatting; » vtli 
 R jrhost III the deserted street at that hour in the 
 morning. We all decide<l to do the same, and «e 
 went to bedand were soon all sleepinj: soundly except 
 my father, who was workiiifr in beil, as was his occa- 
 sional custom. Su<ldenl\ he heanl a l>ell;riii^ lou<ll\. 
 and at once he renieinbercd the White Jjidv-anjil |he 
 rende/.voils " Touchinj; u^)on other manifestations. 
 Hu^o wixite to Mme (Jerardin in l^iTS :'■' Tables in- 
 deed tell-us surpri-intr thin>;s. We are livinjs4c " 
 ni>sterious horizon; the tables commaml us to keep 
 silence and not todi\ul|;e any t.ecret Yo>: will find 
 - then, in the 'Contemplations' nothing which comes 
 from the tables; with the except-ion of two details. 
 They arc ver\ i'lnportant, and I have asked permission 
 to use them." Iln^o took a curious view of manv of 
 the^e su| raiuundane phenomena', as the tollowiu); 
 note from the manii^ciipt of the " I.c)ren<Ks dcs 
 Siecles." " I ha\e taken part several times recentlx 
 in what is known as the phenomenon of th'e antiijue 
 tripod. .\ table with three lens ilictiHts verses by 
 means of raps, and strophes come fortli out of shad- 
 ow. I need hardl\ say (hat 1 have never placed 
 anion); my own poems an> of the verses that have 
 come to me in this mysterious fashion. These latter 
 I have alwa>s reli>;iousl\ allowed to remain in the 
 possession of the (Jreat I'nknown, Who is their sole 
 author." Speaking of the aid which spirits give in 
 the stru>JKles of our external life> Hugo was ei|ually 
 curious in the position he assumed. He sjiys : " The 
 exterior manifestations of the Invisible are a fact, 
 and the interior creations of thought ure iinothor. 
 
 The_>rfll which separates these two facts should be 
 maintaineil in the interest of observation and of 
 science. No breach should be made in it. Hy the side 
 of .sc-ience, which >;uards it< stands also reli);ion. the 
 j;reat. the true, which forUids us to tamper with it. 
 I repeat, t^ien. tluit I have isolatiM tnysclf in this 
 matter as much through m_\ relijfiousWonseience as 
 through my literary conscience, and als^) thrivugh m> 
 respect for, the phenomenon itself, having made it 
 my law to admit no such outside infiuence intoihc 
 sphere of my iiispiration. and wisliin^ to keep my, 
 work absolutely my own and pei>onal." UuKo-ft>re- 
 shadowed Sardou many \ ears in the o]>inion that 
 .'^pilitualisln ounht to be j)ortra>eil on tl»^- stajre. To 
 .\utenor .lol.\ , in IS.'N. he su);>rested the idea of estab- 
 lishing the plan, but it was never carried out, "owinj; 
 to the piKlieadedness ot the directors." 
 
 " Will^rd J. Hull 
 
 Willard J. Hull- is a well-known lecturer and 
 writer ill the ranks of Spii itiuUisni as well as other 
 tiehls of reform. Mr. HiiM is still a younj; m.in, com- 
 paratively speaking. tliou);li mature iiwniind and 
 spirit, to .iudj;c by his absolut-ely profound lectures. 
 Few can cope with him in orij:inalit> of ihouf'ht and 
 expression, and those who know how to appreciate 
 him feel the power of his loj;ic when listening to his 
 utterances from the rostrum. Sympathy is a >;re'!it 
 • revelator to both a speaker and an audience. Mr. 
 Hull's sx inpalhy. for the cause he espouses invites a 
 wonderful How of inspiration, and the audience who 
 can syni|>alhize with him. <)r any speaker, inherits an 
 underslandinn for the time bein^r that is beneficial. 
 Mr Hull niu^t be understood to be :ippreciated. and 
 to know the sacriticeshe hasmadeto Income one vxith 
 this uiox cmelit i» to s\ mpathi/.e with him. In'asso- 
 ciation with Mr. .\. K. Melcliers. his work as editor of 
 the I. mill <<' 'liiiih is >een[ in the present excellence of 
 ihiit journal. Dulside of bis role as a spe\»ker. Mr. 
 Hull! is u ijuiet and reserved man; seliloii't speaks 
 witlMiut beinn addris-.i-.l and ri/rel.\ to find.fanlt with 
 his' fellow man. whatever rea-ons max exist therefor. 
 He combat* XX lull).:, not the xvron>;dotr. He is elo- 
 i|ux'nt in speech, and throws out an infiuence at lim^-s 
 that is animating and healthful to the hearer. 
 
 T. H. B. (James . j 
 
 Mr. .lames is an ardent worker of I.ynn. Mass. He 
 has been in the field for forty xears and is as /^'alous 
 as ever. He alxxaxs clinics a Lnjlil m I ritttt' in his 
 pocket ready to hand to a hungry soul in search of 
 liKlit concerning the future life. , _ 
 
 dennie Hajan Jackson 
 
 Mrs. .lackson in one of our most pleasing lecturers. 
 She has been a medium since her twelfth vear, and 
 has l)een in the field about twenty years. Her strong 
 fenture in improvisution from >ubjt<cts given by the 
 
 viv ... 
 
 aiidience. which she w eaves into poems, l>oth metrical 
 and sentimental. She is also a loveuhle character, and 
 generally popular wherever she serves the cause. 
 
 d. W. Knight. _ 
 
 l>f (Jrand Haveii. Mich., (s now seventy-one years of 
 age. In e.arly life he wa's an ardent worker in the 
 abolition ranks ami has all his life atfiliated' with the 
 reform elements of the cwintry. Four years aeri he 
 became interested in and an investigator of Spiritual- 
 ism, and organized the James Harris Spirituiil Asso- 
 ciation of .\gnew. Mich., an<l for three years served 
 MS its president. \ 
 
 Mts. flsa Wilson Kaynor 
 
 Mrs. Kaynor is the daughter of K. V. Wilson, the 
 pioneer worker, in our cause. She .is a well-known - 
 business and test medium, her hom|e address being 
 'S7.'l« .S<)uth Wood street, Chicago, 111. 'She also attends 
 calls for funerals and marriages. - Her chief phase of 
 mediumsHip is whatsis ca ltgfr the " fire test." When 
 under control she bec^Miiesi posiHve to\the action of 
 heat, anil not onlyjdiiys wiih fire, but can so environ 
 other light siibstaiices with her magnetic emanations 
 that they refuse to.burn. - _ 
 
 ^ Or. fl. fl. Kimball 
 
 Pr. \. \. Kimball, of Northampton, Mass., was 
 born in West Haven. Vt., of .Methodists parents, to 
 which faith he was<levoted for many years Though 
 he could never reconcile a (Jod of perfection and love 
 xvith one of jealousy, hatred and wrong, finally be- 
 i-oniing strongly impressed with materialistic views 
 until through the mediumshipof Mrs. I.efa Drake he 
 was conviiiced of the continuity of life and spirit 
 return, Itcing a close investigator he soon found 
 hinisell possessed of strong magnetic powers and en- 
 tered the fielil as a healer and specialist in the cure of 
 obsessijtn and has met with great success. 
 
 Elizabeth F. Kurlh 
 
 ■Mrs. Kurth xvas boin in New York in iKi9. She is ^ 
 the daughter of t'Jeorgc I* Weil, one of the founders 
 of the (Jerniair Lutheran Church in New York City. 
 .Mrs. K'urtli wjis educ:Hed in Si. Mathews .\cademy. 
 She xvas married iji INil. being at the time an ortho- 
 dox churxih member, but later had Spiritualism 
 brought to her notice and embraced it as the truth 
 needeil by her ever-hungi'TJng soul Since then she 
 has been an earnest advocate and active worker in 
 society, matters. .She is president of the .Woman's 
 Progressive Fnion of Brooklyn, one of the largest 
 Spiritual orgaili/.ations in the State. 
 
 , Madelena Klein 
 
 Mrs. Magdalena Klein. oC Van Wert, O.. was born 
 in Baden, Cermany. in 1838, of parents who were both 
 very.meiiiumistic, seeing and hearing .spirits. The 
 / . 
 
mother l>oiiijf of a decplv religious nature. Mr». 
 Klt'in has l>con chiiraudient and clairvoyant at tiincn, 
 from her inlancv. I)tit not until 1S70 iliil the »pirit» 
 appear to her in a hand and manifesting themselves, 
 .djjelare they#»ere iklcKated hv supreme authority to 
 .'di> a specitio work through her as their medium. 
 Since that time she has heen their faithful sei;vanl, 
 , receivinn and dispinsinj; their messajres in puhlicand 
 private. Mr*. KKia has for many years heen the 
 1 resident and i>astoi of the First Society of Christian 
 Spiritualists, of Van Wert. O. |~ 
 
 Mrs. fl. E. Kibby 
 
 Mr-i. Kilihy in oho of Cincinnati's favorite InSnoe 
 
 and test mediums. " A Friend " writes of her : '■ Uc 
 
 • have known Mrs. Kibhy for a number of years and 
 
 consider herorlc of the best mediums on the Spiritual 
 
 . platform. She has been working in the Spiritual 
 
 ■■ field for fourteen years, and has been very succeiwful." 
 
 Mrs. a. W. Kratz 
 
 » Mrs. Knitz is comparatively a new worker in our 
 ranks; nn inspirational speaker, psychi>metrist and 
 test medium. Havinj; never.sat lor development, she 
 • is what can be termed a born medium. Some four 
 years ngp conditions were thrown about her, when 
 the power of spirit jcave utterance in ilemonstration, 
 since which time she has served faithfully ii^^lier 
 home, the I'eople"s Churcli.of Kvansville. Ind. Slie is 
 an earnest worker, as those who have heiinl her can 
 testify, and is at present s.>rvinn the Society of Spir- 
 ituaiistsaiid Free Thinkers of Alliance, O. Her home 
 . address is J-il Cherry street, Kvansville, Ind. ' 
 
 George W. Kates 
 
 l' • Mr.. Kates was born in Wilmindloii, I>el., .luly |s, 
 J8-40. His parents became sp^itualists soon after the 
 
 ' K(K-hester knockinRs, and moveil to Ohio, where 
 (Jeorpe was };iven a irood common school education: 
 He wentSouth in 1ST8 and became ent;aj;e<l with Mr. 
 .\. C. I.jidd. of Atlanta, (Ja., as his bookkeeper. A 
 devoted friendship between thi'se two was soon ce- 
 mented. " Liiilii fill- 'Ihliiktis" was started li.v the At- 
 lanta Society as a Spiritual paper for the South, but 
 ■ Messrs. I.add and Kates bad to soon as.sume manage- 
 ment. Mr. Kates has been an active orjrani/.er of 
 local and state societies and camp meetings. The 
 Lookout Mountain Camp and Southern .\ssociation 
 owedmuch to Mi-. Kates as their secretary, and to his 
 paper for successes achieved. 
 
 Mrs.' Ziaola Srouin - Kates 
 
 '■ The sub.jectof our sketch was born in Philadelphia, 
 I'a., of parents who were earnest Methodists, and 
 Zaiila also .joined the church. The parents were, 
 however, natural meiliums. and hence the dau^rhler 
 inherited the k'"- •'^"•l ''''e *as forced by the spirits 
 to receive manifeKtutions and their control. Her tirHt 
 
 experie.nces were ver.^ interesting and marvelou«. In 
 \HHtt the family moved to Atlanta. (Ja., and there they 
 freely exercised thefiltsof mediumship. Miss Hro« n 
 commenced to hofd meetings in her parents' home 
 and continued it for several years. Slie was finally 
 prevailed U|>on t»> take part in the public anniversai"y 
 exen-ises and ac(|uitted herself with satisfaction ti 
 her friends. Her next public appearance -was at the 
 I.ookout Mountain Camp She soon became promi- 
 nent as a trance lecturer and test medium in .\tlanta. 
 Miss Hrovtn and Mr. Kates were married at the Ia)oW- 
 out Mountain Camp in 1SS7. Since then she and her 
 husbanil have jointly labored u\ the public cause, lM>th 
 •ervinf; as lecturen and she aH test medium. 
 
 Mrs. Celia LoucKs 
 
 Mrs. I.oucks is an inspirational mediufii. much 
 soujrht after by a class of thinkers who crave the 
 sympathetic, and Mrs. I.oucks knows how to tind the 
 heart of such. 
 
 to convK'tion, and a man of line intellect, he was 
 i|tiick to K^asp the truth behind the phenomena, and 
 thus hislKild front in acknowledginf; his conviction* 
 before « body of other scientists. 
 
 Mrs. d. Lindsey 
 
 I 
 
 Mrs. I.indsey was lorn in Ih.W at Hannibal, Mo., 
 and has been a mediuni since her twelfth year. She 
 is a clairvovant, trance and test medium Her rest-, 
 dcnce is 8't Fourth street, (fran<^^I{api<ls, Mich. 
 
 flllle Linei^ay Lyncr) 
 
 Mrs. L.vnch, of Chicago, formerl.v of Memphis, 
 Tenn.. is best known to the l.ii/lil »>' Truth by her past 
 contributions, as also to the /<f»(r Wity. 
 
 Mrs. Emily L. Leppcr 
 
 Mrs. I.epper is one of the pioneers xif Spiritualism 
 in the Norjhwest. She was born in .Xew Vineyard, 
 Me , in September. 1V<7. Her parents were both 
 Scotch, and she is a natural psychometrist. having 
 that K<fl from her earliest childhood, and has been a 
 public medium in about every ]>hase for over forty 
 years. While, in Ijtureiice, Kan., in IhH;{. she showed 
 rare (tifts as a test mediuni. She is now^ihe president 
 of tile I.iucoln Band Liberal Spiritiral S<viit.v of 
 Minneapolis. .Minn., which she organized abput two 
 vearsago. She built a suitable IimII in her own hiAse. 
 in which the society hcdd regular services twii^e a 
 week. ■ ■ 
 
 Mrs. Mary C. Lyman, ' 
 
 This lad.v is a mediuin an<l worker in Chicago, and 
 has done much toward enffgliteiiiiig mankind in the' 
 truths of mo<lerii revelation. She nexer tires in her 
 endeavors to further the cause. . 
 
 Prof. Oliver <J. Lodge, F. fl. S., O, Sc, LL.'D. 
 
 Oliver. I. L<«lge is one of Knglaiid's I'oreinosi scien- 
 tists, and' a comparatively recent investigator into 
 pttychical miUters. liut bcint; of broad chlture, open 
 
 ■M 
 
 Prof. J. S. Loveland 
 
 I 
 
 I'roT. Lovelanil. whom our peojile will be Jflad to see 
 in this album, is one ol the oldest workers in the field 
 of Spiritualism. Few hav«- .-ittained such a reputa- 
 tion as he has as an inluilivo reasoner on all subjects 
 ap|H-rtaining to Spiritualism lioih philosophic and 
 scientific. He has filled ne-.rly every office that our 
 cause can grant a worker, besiiles being a reformer in 
 its various departments. .\sa lecturer, author, editor > 
 and general newspaper writer he has lt«en a tmon to 
 the caiise and has led many a benighte<l traveler to 
 the light of a spiritual awakeoing. .Mr. t..ovelalTd 
 is at present residing in SummerlaiMl, Cal., engaged 
 in literary lal>orH and other duties that come within 
 his sphere of action. 
 
 0r. George von LangsdorT 
 
 I>r. George von Ijiiigsdortf was born in ,Iu4a-, 1822, in 
 Rio lie .laneiro, KniziL His parents were (Jermans, 
 and his father wits Dr. M , naturalist, and Russian 
 ambassador in Rio de .laneiro. Dr. von IjiiigstlorlT 
 went, in Ktt), with his parents to Europe ; was educa- 
 ted in Freidberg and Heidelberg in Kaden, and took, 
 great interest for suppressed freedom^ In the remark-*' 
 able yertr 1H4H he was one of the commanders of the 
 reputdican militia ; 1H49 he emigrated to the I'nited 
 States. In Cleveland, ()., he became aci|uainted with 
 Spiritualism, and was convinced Ijy Sirs. Hannah 
 Brown, clairvoyant. He re|urned in 1S61 to Baden 
 and ailviK-ated Spiritualism in (Jermany ; especially'' 
 since his wife and his son have become mediums. He 
 is one of the editors of the " Sfiifiliialisd.irli- Ithilltr.;" 
 publisherof man.V'lujoks. iind translator of .\; .1. Davis' 
 " Tempel " and " I'enetralia." He is now .seventy-five 
 \;yai> old and yet editing books for distributing Spir- 
 itualism iu (ieimany. , - 
 
 i - 
 
 George R. Letford .' 
 
 "The Driimnier Medium" was born in Minnesota. 
 But for the jiast ten years has traveled in the South 
 for the lirm of H. F.. Bucklen & Co., Chicago, as their' 
 general southern representative. While traveling 
 South he developed clairvoyance and inspiration — at 
 first not knowing what it was, lis he did not believe 
 in Spifilualism. But after a year or so of investiga- 
 tion he became fully convinced in the truths of spirit 
 cMimmiinicalioii and that it was through the aid of 
 spirit frieiids that gave him power to give true tests. 
 He, is now doing a grand work among the traveling 
 men. with whom he comes in contact by giving them 
 tests and talks, and in that way getting them inter- 
 e>ted in Spiritualism. .\ letter addressed to him at 
 •2'r> Michigan ayenue. Chicago, will be forwanled to 
 him and promptly answered. .i.j 
 
 ^' 
 
 ''tN. ■ 
 
Mrs. fl. M. Lulhcr 
 
 Mrs. CoIhy-liUthor, ms •iho is liettiT known, is a vet; 
 
 criin in tliicaiiso ofiriitli.i She neviT tails l<i intvrfst 
 
 ' an amlicni'i-. wIu-iIkt thv\ a>;roc with Iut or not. 
 
 Hit i-uii(li(l, ori>riiial niannor of liamllinK lior sHt>it'i't 
 
 niakis lu'f otif of nian\ wlio will never l>e forgotten. 
 
 Mrs. R. S. Lillie 
 
 Mrs. K. S. l.illie, wln>se likeness >;raees this allium, 
 is one of the most well-known leeliirers in our tielil. 
 
 I She has ilone serviee as a speaker, iniprovisatriee. anil 
 sometimes as a reader, when eoiiditions favored the 
 oeeasion. Hut as a speaker whe naineil her greatest 
 popularity . for her soul jroesoul with her speeeh ; her 
 life is wrapped up in Spiritiiafism. Few have gained 
 sueh universal r«gard as Mrs l.illie. ."site was ever 
 true to hersilf and never s^ver\ed from the path of 
 dul\ whenorith-d whcllu'rlix mortal or spirit voiee. 
 Hut x]i6 latter is cspeeiallv her guiding monitor, heing 
 a ps\ehie of the first water and thus liighlv inspira- 
 tional to thoughts from the lie.voiid. "Kurt hei more. 
 Mrs. l.illie is a lady in every sense of the wiiril ; very 
 sympathetie liy nature ; ear.nest in her advocaey of 
 what is right or true ; and has many good friends, 
 who love her for her personality. l.iVe all devoted 
 souls, who know no guile. or resort to jililiaV to gain ' 
 
 , her ends. Mrs. l.illie has had mueh to eonft-itd with. 
 
 But she thereby he.ld her own in the hearts of honest 
 
 __'_; .Spiritualists, and will remain there a-i long as her 
 
 name will he uttered hy those rcmemhering iiei* us u 
 
 ■ worker in our eause. ' , • -i 
 
 Dr. J. I-ii-yS 
 
 I>r. .1. I.uys, who^e port raiTTWf give in this allium. 
 
 ■.\\ well knoon as one of the lei.iding authorities in 
 I'aris on eerehral rind nervous diseases. Mis reeent 
 work with regard to the observation h_\ hypnotized 
 sensitives of the colors inherent in'the humari aura 
 
 ' eonfirm IJeiehenliach's and heltoehas" investigations, 
 waspuMished recently. Finding that his eollea>Iues 
 would not admit sueh evidence as definitely demon- 
 strating the existence ot these effluvia, he turned to 
 photography, which had already lieen u.seil similarly 
 by Dr. Ilaradiic, and developid a new process hy 
 which he obtained stiiking itnprints of human v ilal 
 ncuric radiation Theeffliivia from the tingers were 
 shown by his proce-s to be self-luminous, and to radi- 
 ate from the finger tips in the for«i of small craters 
 and as striations Me alsii*»liowed that the radiation 
 from the right and the lefVhand are attracted by each 
 other as .are the radiations from the two poles of .a 
 magnet. Itr. I.uys was head physician of the Charitie 
 Hospital in I'aris. He hoJds many honorary, titles 
 and |>osts. such as Member of the .\cademy of Me<li- 
 cine, etc., etc. Perhaps the most striking among his 
 numerous contributions to medical literature eon- 
 sistii in an atlas of the human brain, giving a series 
 of (ihotographs made from consecuti've horizontal 
 BectionH or slices of the brain. Several special brain 
 centres were discovered hv him and bear his name. 
 
 . ■ .'•'''■• ' ■ ' 
 
 (T)r8. Carrie Le Sean' ' - - 
 
 Mis I,e Heaii is a psychometric reader an<l plafforni 
 tesi medium. She .serves the Society of .Spiritiial 
 Truth <»f Lincoln, Neb. 
 
 ^rof. O. C. Lomiaroso, 
 
 belief, in the pheifomena he witnesseil there on maty 
 other iX"casions. although he takes no acti■^e pail in 
 forwanling the Spiritualistic theories, but at the re- 
 cent Internatiiimil Congress of Medicine at Motn-ow, 
 .\ugust, IsHT, he held a discourse on the " Future of 
 I'sycWattria," which was received •ith immense ap- 
 |>lauNe by the other members of the Congresw. 
 
 Rev. Mrs. H. S. Lake 
 
 Mni. Lake, of Cleveland <>.. is -a rare psychic, a 
 w i-n oj of p")r>inl c invit-tions. The tntrepidil'y 
 with vvhio'i s!ie :ldlu-rc-< t) Hiese, causes opponents 
 to re:;ard her ais being hirsh an I iinpL-rious, but inti- 
 mate friends ktiow her as singularly retiring and 
 sensitive. Necessarily her life has been .arduous and 
 eventful. Her first work w:is a volume of poem's pub- . 
 lished in 1S72. She began herpi itform career in IM78. 
 and has been hejini throughout the I'liion: Itrr lan- 
 guage is described as incisive an.^-»;li>yuent. colored 
 hy a religious fervor, which places lier in the front 
 railk of reformers. Whatever c;iuse she espouses, 
 ha»in her a britliiint and powerful advocate. 
 
 Mrs. L. L. La(jure.r)ce, 
 
 Of Indianiipolis, has lieen for many years most .ac- 
 tively eiigaged in good works tor the welfare of her 
 sex and all who siilfer. She was the first to found 
 Free Kress Cutting.and Making .Schools in her own 
 and other large cities. .\ few years since, her mother, 
 "(Jrandtna I>avis." .at the Hge of so years developed 
 as a most remarkable medium for Iwith mental and 
 physical manifestations in her own home, j and ever 
 
 since ^hat time she has been lioth with voice and pen 
 really to advocate and defend the truth of ti contin- 
 ued life after the change of dccurnation.^ 
 
 6. M. Lauurence, ^•. vf 
 
 lecturer, health teacher, and song writer, 'speaks and 
 'writes by inspiration. He wuh ijne of t^ first to 
 prove and proclaim the truth o^ a liie after tBe mor- 
 tal body dies, While giving public entertainments, 
 and employing music and mirth to aid in works of 
 charity, he developed the tat-ulty of song writing, and 
 is the author of several volumes, both of music and . 
 wonls. , His songs and |K)ems present 'every phase of 
 reform -social, patriotic, and humofous, as well as 
 spiritual, and are highly commendeil. " Some of the 
 songs, such as ' Dream Faces Celestial,' are remarkably 
 beautiful." H. (). Fowler, editor of Thr \e>r Tinii'. 
 Hir lilt II If r lit' Liijiit siiys : '* Those who desire the 
 near approach of elevated Spiritual intiuences have 
 cause to thank Dr. H. M. Uiwrence for his collection 
 of songs 'and hymns." "The original wtrds are . 
 smooth and beautiful, and the music fluent and melo- 
 dious, 'n- ' " It wilf l)ear long and close 
 aci|uaintance." H'liiiin-l'liilniuiiihiriilJuiiiiiiil. " Each 
 number contains the highest pioral lessons as well 
 as cheering the stiul with the divine truth that our 
 loved ones ' .\re only gone l>efore.' " — J hi (ioldrii 
 dull. "Dr. H. M. Ijiwrence, the well-known poet 
 musician, seems to have the faculty of bringinf; 
 music or poetry into every thing with which he 
 sympathizes. •* * " * .\11 will remcmlHT '^ 
 his beautiful S|)iritual airs in oui^Circle .Song Book, 
 and his patriotic hymns in' favor of Old (Jlory." — 
 Li'ilii 111 Inith I'rof. Chas. K. Chadman, editor of 
 " The' Patriots' >iong Book''' in the -prerace said: 
 "These songs were written by Dr. B SL Lawrence, 
 of Indianapolis, a life long worktr for the oppressed 
 of the human race .\nd we believe that the spread- 
 ing of his noble and cheering ongs t^roughout'the 
 land may ha<e the cfl'ect to unearth and arouse many 
 another genius to assist in the work of righting 
 wrongs, and etfeetin'g the dawn of a new eni where 
 ■ ililstice shrill have sway.'-" The Spiritual Hymn.il 
 No i. just issued by the l.iiflil ol 7 riilli I'nlilislrin i Co., 
 a work of SO pages and more than thar number of 
 songs contains the author's lateiit and litest poems with 
 music and songs for Kntertainments, Lyceums, Cir- 
 cles, and .Spiritual Meetings i% 
 
 W. M. Myers 
 
 Mr. Myers is an earnest worker in the cause. Hp is 
 a traveling salesman, liut lectures on Spiritualism 
 when-opiiortunities favor. He is one of the trustees 
 of the Ohio State .\s«)ciation, and was a delegiite to 
 the first N. S. A. Convention ttt Chicn^o. 
 
 a. F. McOevUl 
 
 Mr. McDevitt is n citizen- of Huntsville, Ala., and 
 an earnest- worker in the cause. He is a native -of 
 
l)Ut rcniovcil to Indiana in 1S:<3. 
 1 Spiritualist .throujtli homo phe,- 
 B6 reinovi-il to HiintR\ illc, Ala., 
 
 H. fDurray 
 
 known to the ii'ailcrs o| tliisa!- 
 nn contriliulions to our. journals, 
 worker in <iur cause, hut is ever 
 
 He is a sensitive, however. 'anil 
 >r things spiritual ; and heiiin a 
 i>« to dispense his knowled>;e in 
 al manner. 
 
 V. n)oullort 
 
 iieeepsful lawyer at (irand Hapids, 
 -i*UJlljJied witjli theeause otlSpir- 
 
 the most TvTollientuous iH'easions, 
 nediuins in imirt ajrainst unjust 
 
 aelive part ill the eonventiiins of 
 alist .\s>oeiation and speaking; at 
 |>opular ov-e.istwns ro hir^e audi- 
 in ex-nieniher of tli^- Miehinan 
 hal a hinhlv respected citizen in 
 .' is one of tile liraiiiie!<t men ou 
 n. ' • 
 
 - • * * 
 
 f. PI. <T)ansriefar 
 
 in 1 he Spiritualistic tiold isa hij;h- 
 j: medium. ISeceivinn iit coiinec- 
 •escriplioiis fur eurini; diseases, it 
 
 to him that he was he n;: Uf>ed 1>\ 
 r inorc than <uldi'nar> uses, and 
 ircmnstances hi' attended a medi- 
 iiated as a idi>s;ci:in. Now hi; is 
 lifv whatever errors spirits may 
 orahle conditions and isahoon 
 
 . V. n)ansrielal' 
 
 I other coui)(riei« us •'The Spirit- 
 He has answered hundreils T5f 
 
 letters, and correctly, under the 
 rchiim test conditions, written in 
 rman, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, 
 X vears ajTli, wa* world-wide and 
 eminent seholar«. and thousands 
 leof the science of Spiritualism ; 
 lltfti dcjith, was n demonstrated 
 
 aj{o, in New York City. I was a 
 rcleof scientific men and women, 
 
 senators, lawyers, doctors, pro- 
 le, who teste<l him once or twice 
 lonths. We found that some in- 
 or to human kno«ledj;e and ex- 
 ant of our most necret acts and 
 were jtivcn in detail, froirl oui^ 
 oubly Mcaled and Hewed letters >, 
 
 who had passed from this life lonjj before arKl many 
 of them in foreign lands, tliousands of miles away . of 
 whom Mr. Manstield could not have had the least p;<r-:- 
 tide of informatioiV ,1. Cliupel. 
 
 h Luther R.. n)arsn 
 
 Mr. Marsh i~a prominent New York lawyer, a law 
 partner of |):miel Welister, alter the hitter's resigna- 
 tion from President Tyler's cabinet, and later of (Jov- 
 ernor T. H. IlolI'man, of New York. As a' Spirit- 
 ualist he l<>ok» hack to .Swedeiibor(f as the. ,l<din ,the 
 Kaplist of ihi' present spiritual revelation, thon^Kan 
 ardent student of. the phenomena , of today taking 
 place in the piesence of mediums, and an ailvocate of. 
 their philosophy. Mr. Marsh has written several 
 books i>n the nubject which were published c|uite a 
 while ifuo» His latest is " How I Hi-canie a Spiritual- 
 ist," containiiiK. besides a sketch of hi.mself. sonu- 
 valuable information iriven medially. anion>; iheni 
 nottf!< from Webster. Kurns Kdniunds and others. 
 "Mr. -Marshlixesat Yonkcrs. N. Y. 
 
 W. Sloinlon (Doses fT). fl. Oxon 
 
 This ^entU man started out to " Smash up the so- 
 calleil -civnce •■! Spiritualism " but became a nieillum 
 instead. He ■le\ eloped remar|:ablt' powi-is Kap- 
 pinjrs, table liltinns. movini; of Reticles uithout physi- 
 cal contact, levitalions " voice,s " sceiils. spirit liulits, 
 trances, w^itin^:s •'dii'ect" and " ;iuloinalic." all oc- 
 curred through his instrumentality. .\ tine vidiime 
 tff "Spirit Teaehinjjs" contains many of the mes- 
 snjres )|^rilten throii;;h his hand. A cultured, c lutioiis, 
 nndcrit'cal man. his experienei's and testimony are 
 extremely valualde. and as autliDr. and e«litor.-of 
 l.i'llit. he ilid voemnn's service to the cause, and pars- 
 ed to the higher life in !•<«>•.>. 
 
 n)arlin M. <T)cCratl7 
 
 This Jtentleman is the secretary of the Mississipjii 
 Yalley Spiritualists' .\sstK-iation. , He is youn^ in the 
 service, hut earncHt and promising for ({ood result*. ,. 
 
 fl. F. n>eichers 
 
 Mr. Melchers was born in Is-JT, ami became identi- 
 fied w7th tie cause in 1S7M by contributing to the 
 spiritlial press. In IHSH he became reporter of the 
 littler U'Oi. of Cincinnati. (»., and in IHS» its editor, 
 holding; that position until \x»i, when the aforenamed 
 paper iccame the Lii/hi •■! I , iijli. I'uder a new regime' 
 he became an associate editor with W'lllird .1. Hull, 
 anjl^ others. Durini; his car/er as assiK'iale editor he 
 /ftdPte ■■ In Higher Realms." !inil '■ I'syluo World," 
 ai» compiled the " INychonietric Dictionary.'-' 
 
 ^ F. M. W. n>yers 
 
 Mr;_Mj^rs is a prominent Kn^lishman utnon;;scien- 
 tiiK'Tescarchers, and h^is done much for psychic - 
 
 XII 
 
 scibnce in a way that brought it before the notice of 
 »n intelliKent class of readers. He is a close student / 
 Iff the (X-cult and sees much where Cjthers wouhl he/ 
 liu/.zled for lack of understandinK it, nni\ uccordinjtly' t 
 
 pronounce it fraud. Mr. Myei-s is also the honorable 
 secretary of the Kntrlish Society for Psychical Hi 
 search. ' His home is in Cainbrid>re, Kngland. 
 
 Franz. n>elcr)ers^ 
 
 • '' ■ - . 
 
 Colonel Melchers, once a statV otticer of (Jovernor 
 Hampton, was born in (iernian>. .Ian'. !•. l^irt. Came 
 to Charleston. .S. C. in Istii. Has been editor and 
 publisher of a (Jeriuan paper in that city since Is.'iS. 
 He is the pioneer Sjiirilualist in his adopted city, ad- 
 vocatiu).: it thriniKh the columns of his paper since 
 |s7<i. when he first saw its lijrhl. During' this time he 
 |iubli>he<l the lii>t (ierinan Spiritual book in this.^ 
 country " Das (Jebaeiide der Wahrheit." Hisstand- ' 
 in^' as a citi/en is one of honesty and int< K'rity. and 
 f\er true to his principles of knowledge and rifiht. 
 He is the father of ,\ F Meloheis. 
 
 J '■' 
 Dr. Neii»c C. (Hosier 
 
 ^ 
 
 V.- 
 
 Mr-. Mo-ier is one of the lew remarkable ii«>cliic» 
 whilst- work redouii'!- to the credit of the Spiritual 
 rostrum She \s the d.nijrhter of a Seventh Day .\d- 
 velil minister. Her lir«t work a- a medium was iliyV- 
 nosiivj: disc is«s, and that led her t(i> study niedicme. 
 .She >;railuatvd fmm the I'.crectic. Medical Svdvojil. ' For 
 the past two y.-ars she has' been K'ivinj; platform tests 
 and is eonst.-intly employed in that capacity . Dr. Mo- 
 sier's home i« at North l.indale. O. . _ 
 
 -4 
 fl>iss Florence (Darry-alt, 
 
 Daujrhterof the famous Captain Marry. att. has written 
 a larj;e numln-r of hooks ; probably none have been 
 more popular than ■•There is no Death, ".'a narrative: 
 of her ex|>erienee with mediums, and her latter work, 
 " The Spirit Worlil " Her lectures on the same sub- . 
 jeets in IsiM and ls!t."> aroused much attention. .Medi- 
 umistie and spontaneous, she i^Mords helpful condi- 
 tions, and has had most remarkable " tests" of spirit 
 identity. * 
 
 0r. <l. M. A. matteson 
 
 Mrs. Matteson has been for a nuifiber of years a 
 prominent figure in Hutlalo, N. Y, Herjrreatest fame 
 rests upon her van€|uishment, in many hard fought 
 battles, of the medical i|uacks of that city, who 
 thioujrh base and outraneous laws enacted in their 
 bihalf havcvsouKlit to drive her out of the city, im- 
 prison tier, and bre.-ik up her work, and they hr.ve 
 signally failed every time. Mrs. Matteson- stands to- 
 day n recojrnized clairvoyant physician and t** •'oinjf 
 a vast amount of jjood. Her hand and heart Imve 
 been seen in all that pertains to the advancement of 
 Spiritualism in Kutfulo during the last fifteen years. 
 Mis. Matteson is an. unconscious trance diat;nostician 
 
 J. 
 
 and rarely I 
 treatment c 
 by herself i 
 lished a bo< 
 Botanic (iu 
 which o^);h 
 
 A devoted > 
 en years, hi 
 
 - and a tranc 
 orahle year 
 ited .\meri 
 Probably, i 
 have been f 
 variety of s 
 meetinifs at 
 
 f remarkable 
 wise minist 
 a cofjent, lo 
 .stands in tl 
 with all au<! 
 
 Mrs Mitc 
 and test m** 
 Ctncmnati, 
 she was str 
 drcn. But 
 ricd to Mr. ( 
 .and drupnis 
 her trust, h< 
 mission of 
 dress is Bell 
 
 PA 
 
 Ofs 
 In 
 
 Tho 
 H 
 
 Whi 
 W 
 
 WitI 
 Fr 
 
 Yet' 
 
 ■n 
 
 And 
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 Mrs. Nickl 
 serves as a 1 
 genial and s 
 ac(|uaintanc< 
 
Ill nirely fails in locatinf; diseaHeiind itsoHUHv. Her 
 I'atmcnt ooiisj«.'t> wholly of roots :in(l h»Tl)s |)ri-j>:iri'fl 
 • lu'rsolf iin«l UHsi*itiin>K. She tins written ami j)u)>- 
 i\\M a book calU-cl the Occult Faniilv IMi>>ician ami 
 itanic (Iiiidc t»i Huallh, a valuable anil lianily work. 
 Iiich ou^ht to he in the fainilj of every S|iirilualist. 
 
 4. <l. fnorse, . 
 
 devoted sei'vnnt of the tipirit-worlil for twenty oev- 
 1 years, has won honor anil esteem, both as a man 
 111 a trance speaker. He was Imrn in l^ls. the niein 
 able year of the Hochester knockin^s anil has vis- 
 .'il America for lecturini; purposes three times, 
 •obably, upwarils of six thousand public aililresses 
 ive been K'ven throujrh his iir;;anisn>. upon a ;;reat 
 iriety of subjects, not to speak of the many private 
 eetii\^s lit which he ha-' been ciintrolleil. anil man> 
 markable evidences of sjiiritpowcr. iiUntitx. and 
 ise ministration have been jriven throu;:h him. .\s 
 L-iinent, logical, and eloi|uent tilatlorm aiUncate. he- 
 inds in the front rank, and is ileservnll> popular 
 111 all aiiilietices. 
 
 Jaiia Steeirnan-n>itcneii '' 
 
 Mrs Mitchell is a well known ihspiraiiiinal s^>i:ik«r 
 111 test meiliiMiV. She lii-t became known as siuh im 
 ncilinati. a lew years a^;o a- Mr»^ St«eliiiaii. when 
 e was stru^r^'liiij: to support hiYself and tive cllil- 
 en. Hut a higher power mini, and -he wa-> mar- 
 .•d to Mr Carey Mitchell, a hi^rlifv respected citizen 
 id drunjrijj. of Ci>vinf;toii, Ky. • ."she diil not abandon 
 r trust. lri|w ever, and rein 'ins i rue to her -piritiial 
 ission of cnliKliteninK mankind ' Her home ad- 
 eiw JH Hellevue. Ky., a suburb of Cincinnati. 
 
 PAST. IMJKSKNT. AMt KIT! KK, 
 
 HV .ItLll KTKKLMAN-MITCIIKl.l.. ! 
 
 ' '' • 
 
 Of stone, of color, or of thoujiht — | 
 
 In all of art — man learns at last. • ^ 
 
 Thou>:li writinp sacred books of life. 
 He simply wriles'but of the past. 
 
 Whilii nature - parent of us all — 
 With unseen tinker marks each pane 
 
 With all the future tna> unroll 
 
 From _\ear to year, from ajie to a>;c. 
 
 Yet tbrouKh the sparkling >jenis of Titne, 
 The fl.ash of truth man oft may see. 
 
 And learn from shadow » of the past 
 What was, what is, and is to h«. 
 
 .%'<"•;,«, 7, K;i. 
 
 I 
 Eclilt7 E. K. Nickless 
 
 Mrs. Nickless is a worthy worker in our field, and 
 rves as a lecturer and organizer. Her iiiHueiiee is 
 nial and she is always a welcome Ruest anions her 
 ipiaintanees. 
 
 V/. V, Nicum ^ 
 
 Mr. Nicum is a' traveling man. but niiikes leeturing 
 on Sjiiritualisni an important factor in Jis lifej^iis- 
 sion. He harmoiii/.es the spiritual with the lo^rerial 
 in a manner that makes life agreeable, iiA thus 
 • keeps clear of the breakers that so many rfavelinn 
 men are subjected to. His home is in I>a>ton. <)., 
 where he ministers to a re);ularl> orj;ani/.eil SiK'iety 
 when ill the vicinitv. 
 
 ' n>rs. Laura SunderUn Nourse 
 
 ' I^iiira .\.' Sunderlin Ni>ur»e. of Moline, 111. author 
 
 'of ■ I'encilinns Krom Imniortlilit.x ." :Aid "lixricof 
 I.i^- " was burn in l"*-*). at Independence. .\lle>:liany 
 
 • County. N. V. She is the ilaii).'lilei of I>r. .\nthony 
 Haificv and wife. Ko\a Cliapin Harney She inarrieil 
 
 , in ls.'>li. I Ir. Samuel .Sunderland, who died in Isstl. at 
 
 ^Calamti-. Iowa He .was also a mediiini and iiia^- 
 
 netic healer Mrs. Noiii'se i« the tnother of oi>/ son, 
 
 •a •>iiccessful newsiiaper editor at heliiiar. I.owa. and 
 
 "" two daughters both married. Mi«. NuiMsi*- in Isss 
 married a second husb;iii,|.. l»r William .\. Nourse. of 
 Moline. Ill . where she now resides. She has, won 
 ci>ii-iilerable lame a* a poet, and selections" of her 
 pii'dished poetr> with portrait of the author Were 
 ptildishid in' the .»/••':/•.. •■' I't-l n. Hutfalo. N. Y. 
 I^H1 .Vnd -he was also, with bioyraphival notice and 
 portniit, chosen a jdaci- in " .1 Uoiiiii.i <•< t:,, < ,',,iiirii." 
 edited by Kr.inci> Willianl and Mary \. I.ivermore, 
 Hulf.ilo. N. Y. Mrs Noiir»e has ever been a fearless 
 and avowed Spiritualist, a clair\;o\ant and inspira- 
 tional writer of active »cr\ ice for nearly thirty \ears, 
 and much loved and re'-pected by all who knew her. 
 
 Tnomas G. Neiomao. 
 
 • Thomas, ii. Newman w a- born in I>rid>;ewatcr. Som- 
 erset, Knuland, Sept. 2H. Islt.t. and ten years later was 
 left fatherlfss Was for some years a Slethodist min- 
 ister, then became an .\dventist, and for seven years 
 edited the HHit /iV(i .•ii'oi- and MiUminnt //.n'/ini/i c, in 
 New York, and published a score or more of theolog- 
 ical works, several of which were written by himself 
 His attention was called to the Sjiiritnal philosophy 
 ill \'<7i, by CaiMain H. H. Hrown. in Iowa. He be- 
 cauic a believer in the pheiiotnena as well as the 
 philosophy before be removed to Chicajjo. where, in 
 is7:<, he b.-o:ime iut .-rested in bee culture, and pur- 
 chased the .1 /IK I I'-'i II II" ^ii'ii'iii'', which he edited and 
 published for tibout twenty years. Fjirly in IHSii he 
 purchased the lliliijiii:l'hili>si')iliii-)il Jituni'il, anil in Sep- 
 tember, lHl»t>. he attended the Californiii "•tale .Spirit- 
 ualist Convention, at Siin Knincisco, and was elected 
 its presideiit, the /*/(i/i<.«../,/(iV<(/ j-iu-.k// beiii^ made the 
 otticial or.L'an of the Slate Association, and he was 
 unanimiiusl^i invited to move it to San Fnincisco, 
 which he did the January followin^g. 
 
 XIII -^ . • 
 
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 J 
 
 C. F. OCtmar 
 
 Mr. (J^ V. Ottmar, LI,. B., was liolftp '" Wiirtemburg, 
 (?ermany. Oct. i", 1867. v At the age of thirteen he 
 came to theFnited States He wenftto school winters 
 and worked on the farm Summers. He tauf;ht school 
 three years. In ISHS he >;railiialed from the law de- 
 partment of the I'niversity of Michiifan. He went to 
 practice law in I.ansin>; where he has how a fair prac- 
 tice. He is fearless to let the people know his belief, 
 and he won the respect of the court and bar in spite 
 of the prejudices that are known to exist agiiinst 
 Spiritualists. He is manager of the Haslett Ifark 
 Campi .\ss<K'iation. 
 
 — . -. <narguerite Sl. Omer 
 
 This lail> iiiow Mrs. pr. Hrjtus is best known by 
 her maiden name asa patriom* speaker and psychom- 
 etrist. She is at present located at Duyton, O., where 
 slie'fs practicing; her meditimship. ' 
 
 Loe F. Prior 
 
 Mrs. Prior is a >oun); meilium who is rapidly ad- 
 vancinj;. havini; been a public lecturer for three 
 vears. Slie is now the missionary at htrge for the X. 
 S. A. . ' ' ■ ^ ' 
 
 (Dyra F. Paine — 
 
 ■ Mrs. Paine '\f a sensitVye amf;! woinan of fine men- 
 tal culture. She is the-author of a Lyceum (iiiide 
 or Manual which contHins man\ striking points ami 
 interestin^r lessons. She is also'vi^H inspirational 
 speakerr Her address is Lily Dale, N. «. 
 
 ~i . ■ 
 
 N. (T\. Purviance * 
 
 Nathan M. Purviance is a native of Ohio and is 
 fifty seven _\ears of a^e. Finished classical collegi- 
 ate course in IHtid. Commenced the practice of law ! 
 ii.i 1H(V> and contiinied in it with more than ordi- 1 
 niiry success until lH9:t. when he abandoned it for 
 esoterics. Was converted to Spiritualism in the fall 
 of IST2. liy phenomena occurring in his home. Has 
 ever since that date been an unflinching advocate of 
 its philosophy and phenomena. Has converted hunt 
 dreils to its grand truths. Has devoted much «tt<n>- 
 tion since 'NT7 to the several schools or divisions of 
 mental science, hypnotism, telegraphy Buddhism, 
 and theosophy, with the view of understanding their 
 therapeutic uses. Lef^ Kansas City in 1893 and went 
 to .\rkansas and established his home on the crest of 
 " Cypress Hange" of mountains in- Perry county to 
 insure the privacy necessary to spiritual gi-owth. 
 
 Thco. F. Price 
 
 Mr. Price was born in Richmond. Ind. raised a Qua- 
 ker, and developed as a medWrti— a sensitive and 
 speaker. He is quite a veteran in the field ; is very 
 popular i. has traveled far and wn«le, and 'thus has an 
 
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 crii'ticc los()i«.-c in with his insnirations. 
 lire scii'iilitic. historii'iil, loj;icii'l. philo- 
 K])iritu:i1 withul, anil the reiuliTs of the 
 >;ansh:ivc seen many hi>;h on(lon<emi'nt.s 
 of his lectures and testsin their columfl;*. 
 nt address is Cape May, N. .1. r' 
 
 t>rs. Anna fTrPhilUps , *^~ 
 
 ia physical niedinfn. of Ixiwell, Iml.. In 
 
 ra])pin>rs .and inovinj; i,of , inert object 
 
 ilso playing on music «1 ihstrninents diir- 
 
 pension in niiil-air. 
 not pntilic. 
 
 Shy is also a trunt- 
 
 fDrs. Eva Pfuntner 
 
 iier. formerly Mrs. Sa>;master, hy which 
 lie into prominence as a spirijual worker,. 
 i;e, clairvoyant, and psychometric medi- 
 .Tves a place in the hearts of all (rood 
 .•r earnest endeavor and love for Spirit - 
 has sacriticeil much for the cause, anil 
 • way to a position that none can assail 
 the law that protects her from the he- 
 ihors are i)rincipally nns.sioij«ry. 
 
 fDrs. C. O. Prudcn 
 
 scores of >;rand women who have been 
 voice the truths of Spiritualism, Mrs^ 
 
 a worthy place. She is specially repre- 
 [he Northwest, and has for many yearn 
 idinK position as speakerund medium in 
 Minneapolis. Her presenl work is with 
 lon„l'nion of Spiritualists of the latter 
 ruden's power as a speaker is (grounded 
 
 ami persuasiveness. Of a >;entle and 
 re, she attracts these (qualities in the 
 nspire her, the result- being that the in- 
 ?r teachif.g permeates and strenjjthens 
 all who hear her. She has done and is 
 t work, a work filled with self-sacrifice 
 Dii, and corrospondingl.v with all that is 
 
 valuable in jtublic ministnitionH. 
 
 Prof. ^V. F. Peck 
 
 eek is one of our best speHkcrs. and de- 
 in the front rank of our cause. Those 
 ird hiinani^Jiiiow how to appreciate hini/ 
 •eeall his discourses with pleasure, foe 
 iry in interest whatever his theme. Mr. 
 ke the driest subject imitvinable and 
 )st interesting lecture out of it, making 
 , holding to it throughout and bringing 
 's point at the close. He not only con- 
 ES's what he is talking about, but so <lo 
 ixl that is the most gratifying part of the 
 pleases both lecturer and audiences, 
 this gentleman has a large fount of 
 ■mation to draw from that presents itHelf 
 
 in harmonious . rhvthin with his inspirations and 
 makes him an easy instrument to liandle by the spirit 
 world for all tK-Vasions. Itesides that, it enables the 
 spiritual man to gather new inspirations wli^le the 
 material is descanting on its own knowledge, and re- 
 ults in an eloiiuence that is cheering and inspiring to 
 he hearer as well as the speaker. Mr. I'eck is also 
 Jeiy spiritual in his talks, and interblemls the niater- 
 larwitii it in a manner that invites the interest of all 
 cliisses^of thinkers or rcnRoners. 
 
 (Drs. <T)ay S. Pepper 
 
 •The subject of this sketch wa^ born in Manstielil, 
 Mass., in May, l^rts She was first controUeil by 
 "Bright Kyes," when about'sixteen > ears of age. just 
 after the pas«ing out of her mother in 1ss;t. saiil con 
 trol doing most of her platform work. She wasostra- 
 sized by he,r people and left home, they believing that 
 such thinifcs proceeileil from tlie "evil one.". Her 
 father offered to take her back, provided shr would 
 cla'm there was nothing in it, but she was true to her 
 convictions and fold him i>he preferred her gift to his 
 money, which will shi>« the courage she has f<)r her 
 work. She is a fH-rsisteiit worker in the cause she lep- 
 resenls, and doii* nof swerve from what appears to 
 UvT as right. She is one of the biremost test me<liuins 
 of tKe countr>. and president of the Hhode Island 
 State Spiritiialist .\ssociation. Her work has been 
 niiirvelous, anil as Moses Hull saiM in one of the spir- 
 'itual papers reC^'ntly, "She has few e^|U:ils and no 
 superior as a test medium " 
 
 d. n>. Peebles, fl. n>., n>. O. 
 
 I)r Peebles WRs-horn at Whitingham Vt . March 
 •2:i. 1S;>2. T)n the paternal sivie I>r. Peebles isdescenil- 
 eil from a sturdy Scotch aiKi-stry His maternal deri- 
 vation was Knglish In bovliood he was an inveterate 
 stutterer, of which slight traces may still be detected, 
 especially when he becomes vehement in t,be denun- 
 ciation of mo<lern vices ard oppressions. .\s a youth 
 he was extremely sensitive, scrupulously i-onsciwi- 
 tious. yet overflowing. with exuberance and •«<nietimes 
 given to mischievous pranks, which often brought 
 him in contact with the ferule of his teacher in school. 
 He was a student in Oxfoid .\cademy. N, Y.. which 
 has recentlv celebrated its centennial anniversary. 
 He commenced pn-aching I'niversalism inl>»-l4 and 
 and was ordained in IMH. The iloctor stuck to his 
 theological trapp'ngs about six v ears, preaching for 
 regular parishes in Kellogsville and KImira, X. Y.. 
 and in Balt-iniore, .Mil. Toward the dose of this per- 
 iod he became interested in the trances and phenom- 
 ena of Spiritualism. While preaching in Kellogsville 
 he went with one of his parishioners to a seance in 
 .Auburn, where he heard the first rap Not long after 
 this he beanl an uneducated lK>y lecture in the trance 
 state. He was himself allowed to choose the subject — 
 "The Philosophical Influence of-ffte Nations of .\n- 
 ti(|uity I'pon the Civilization an<l !rK'i«-'nce of Mo<lern 
 Kuropeand .\merica " Reporting it. Dr. Pechleiisaid : 
 
 XIV 
 
 "The lK>y at once stepped forward and commenced, 
 and for 4)ne hour and three-<iuarters one continual 
 stream of history and philosoph.v fell from- his lips." 
 Soon he ventured to preach a sermon on " The Spir- 
 Ltiial (iif^s." wbich created alarm and brought ftirth 
 4>rotest from tlie deacons of his church. ' He soon be- 
 came disgusted with the church shackelsand resigned 
 his pastorate. goirTg West uith the view of entering a 
 secular occujmtion. .\t Clevelana, ()., he fell in with 
 the Piivenports. receiving some ver.v striking and 
 
 startling phenomenal evidence of the facts relating to 
 Spiritualism, and from this time became prominently 
 iiienti^-d with its cause. The doctor's more active 
 literary labors date from the year 1S«6, when he be- 
 came the western editor of 'llif lUiniiirof Liijhl. Hi» 
 editoi'ials in thnt paper were so brilliant and popular 
 that its circulation became greatlv extended during 
 the four .\ ears Hie wiis connected with it. .About the 
 time he started on his first voyage of eastern tmvel 
 Ije liecailie e<litor-in-chief of Ihr Sli'iilmil Vnirer.ir, a 
 radical paper devoted to Free Though* and Spiritual- 
 ism. To this .he contributed the major portion of his 
 notes on foreign travel. His labor on this fully sus- 
 
 * taineil his reputation as a brilliant editorial writer. 
 Subsi i|uently he became editor-in-chief of The Ainrr- 
 iniH .^/>i/■|^l'(/l^^ published in Cleveland. <).• Kesides 
 his medical, editorial, and other newspaper contribu- 
 
 . ti'-ns, the doctor has contributed nuite u large numluT 
 of books and pamphlets to the permanent literature 
 of Spiritualism. .Among these may be named : 
 
 ■ "Seers of the .Ages," " rmmortality. or Our Homes 
 
 -.ami Kniployments Hereafter." " ^Spiritualism Defined 
 and Defended," "The Conflict Between Darwinism 
 and >ipiritualism," "/Christ the Corner-Stone of Spir- 
 itualism." " Parker Memorial Hall Lectures," " .A 
 Critical Review of Dr. Kipp's .Attack on Spiritualism," 
 "The Origin and Destiny of the .Soul," and ' Who 
 .Are These .Spiritualists?" Dr. Peebles has made 
 three voyages around the fflobe, and he was the first 
 public lecturer on Spiritualism in .Austratia, Indiit> 
 and London. 
 
 (Daolanie Parcells 
 
 This lady is a clairvoyant and magnetic healer, of 
 Cleveland, O. Her husband was once a Methodist 
 minister, Madame Parcells is a direct desc'end&nt of 
 Cliarles Dickens and partakes somewhat of the gen- 
 ius of that illustrious name. 
 
 Charles W. Ouinloy 
 
 Mr. yuiniby was born in Dover. N. H., in 1856. He' 
 became a Spiritualist in IHSH, and developed as a pub- 
 lic medium in 1H9.1. He is an inspirational,, test, and 
 psychometric, medium. .Also gives magnetic treat- 
 ments. His address is 30 Kserett street, Kverett, Mass, 
 
 Tylrs O. H. Koyce 
 
 This lady has been a Spiritualist for six yeartt, and 
 for thirty-seven ,veai> a resident of Columbus. She 
 is highly respected in both spheres and enjoys a con- 
 tented mind. , ■ 
 
 ,^ 
 
Mrs. Auddlck and Oau^hlcr ■ 
 
 Irx. Fninoi's Kmlilick is a shite-writing mcilium, of 
 inklin. Inil. Miiut Lizziv is a clairvuviint. Both 
 highly rcspecti'il in thi-ir v<ininiiinit,v. 
 
 , TilUe U. Rcynolols I 
 
 Irs. Reynolds is an inspirational leotni^r, iinprt>- 
 atriec and psychoinetrist. Hit home is at ItiClT 
 th avenue, Troy, N. Y. She is well known in the 
 4lern States and seldom without an eiiKai^envent. 
 
 John V/. Ring 
 
 Ir. Uinj: is but twenty-one years old hut a fine in- 
 rational speakt^r. He ministers to the (ialveston, 
 ■xas , Spiritual Society. He also posdesses t^e >:ift 
 poetical impmvifwtion, which takes him aher his 
 lures. , ,^- 
 
 Frank d. Ripley 
 
 Ir. Ripley is a lecturer nnd test 'medium, alwaxs 
 ical, terse, truthful, and Kood nuturetl. What- he 
 ks in oratory he makes up in ediKcation. and~w'hat 
 lacks in |KX'ket he makes up ihheArtt^ Mr. Kipley 
 ;enen(lly known as a genial companion. He has 
 n in the Held alioul thirty years to date IK97i. 
 
 0r. E. fl. Read 
 
 *r. Read iaat home in l^insin^. Mich , and an in- 
 .-sted worker in the cause. He alM.> wields a Huent 
 1 as correspondent or contrM>uti>r to the pre-^s. 
 
 M. 0e Roc has 
 
 [onsieur ile RcK'has. Count •! .\i(;hiM. colonel of 
 ;ineer», an4l ifilministnitor of the tX-ole I'oljtech- 
 ue the military and civil enj;ineerinK school, of 
 •is, whose portrait we give, has'added a new do- 
 in to pnvcholojry liy his experimental demonslra- 
 is of human psxchic radiation, which hi-liasdes- 
 )ed as' exteri«)ri7.ed sensibility of motricity The 
 value of his work is rcalixi-d at present by the 
 . ami will of\ly receive its proper reci>t:nition when 
 pie come to Kealixe that U\ the fact ^f his experi- 
 utal demonstnitions of the exteriorization of the 
 nan ilouble, CJtrryinjt consciousnes.- and sensation, 
 has shown that we may foresee the time when man 
 I be assured by experimental pr(H>f that a part of 
 i' which thinks and feels may iletach itself temjKir- 
 y from hin iKMly during his life here lOxl will thus 
 able to conclu<le that that same part may detach 
 If permanently and survive the deslniction of the 
 sical iKxty. The principal wiirks published. by M. 
 Rochaji are : " Superficial Hvpnotic States," " I'ro- 
 nd Hypnotic States." "'file Kxteriorization of 
 sibilitv," "The Kxteriorization of Motricity," 
 die KtHuvia of Heichenbach." 
 
 Cora L. V. Richmond I 
 
 he subject of this sketch>is, perhaps, next to .\n- 
 w Jackson Davis, the m^st universally known~ 
 ■ker in the Spiritaalistic rankii. Mr*. Rich%iond 
 
 hteoi 
 
 has been \n the field^'idwM^t forty-five years, hnvinj; 
 bet;un her career as a speaker when but just enterinK 
 her teens, though lK>rn a medium. ."«he is still a fine 
 looking and vi);orous woman, and much admired by 
 a larne folluwinjt. Her infiuenc«s as a sjH-aker is to 
 awaken the higheremotions in her hearers, and leave 
 fin impression never to be forgotten. Her inspirations 
 are highly philosophical often beautifully sublime 
 and elevating in the extreme. Her poetical improvi- 
 sations, l)Oth as prelude and peroration, are calculated 
 ,to touch a tender spot in the hearts of the most cal- 
 lous or indifferent. .\s an individual she impresses 
 with earnestness and elicits sympathy, due, perhaps, 
 to her mission as a medium and revelator -■ a mission 
 not leading up a path of roses -and intuitively felt 
 by the more sensitive of her hearers. As a worker 
 she has filled every department in our cause society 
 leader, organizer, pastor, missionary, comforter, 
 teacher, guide, and representative - as most of our 
 constituents know by newspaper reading during the 
 past. A London paper says of her: " Mrs. Richmonit 
 IS an ins)iinitionnl medium whose life has been spirit-' 
 gqided since girlhood. She did valuable work in 
 I^mdoii and the provinces upwanls of twenty years 
 ago. Her long rc-onl of puldic labors for spiritual 
 truth is a noble tribute to her high character and the 
 wis4lom of her spiritual guiile-. philosophers, and 
 friends," 
 
 Hon. fl. fl. Richmond 
 
 «. 
 Mr. }{ichliiond was born in Switzerland Countv, 
 Ind, .\uril •.'«, lv.>.5 His lather Dr. H. Richmond, 
 was ii burgeon ami iiliysici:(n. and a pioneer Metho- 
 dist preacher. In after Mars he moved to Chautau- 
 <|ua Couiit>. N. Y.; wlure he preached the first .Meth- 
 odist sermon in lli:it coiiiil\ He af^erwaids moved 
 to Meadville. I'a , for the 4.>ur|)0!,e of giving his two 
 sons a college education H^in. A It. Richmond took 
 a scientific course of studies in .\llegheny college, 
 and afterward studied ineilicine and siirgerx, and 
 practiced these professiiijns ?.everal years, during which 
 lime he lectured cm aiiKtoniy, physiology, anil chem- 
 istry. In IH-Vt he wa« a|>poirited one of the directors 
 of the si-ientific departijient of the first crystal palace 
 in New York City While in New York City. he be- 
 came an intimate friend of Professor .\nders.jn, " The 
 Wizard of the North." ami a world-renowned magi- 
 cian, who taught bun the theory and practice ofinisl- 
 ern magic, in which be became an expert, and U'.ed 
 to enliven his si-ientific lectures with ehemicnl, elec- 
 trical, and magnetic experiments, hidden under the 
 cloak of magic. He has stiidieil law, and in IH.'Mt was 
 elected district attorney. He soon aci|iiired the repu- 
 tation of an ex|iert and able lawy^-r, and an elo<|Ueiit 
 ailvoeate. He has practiced his profession up to the 
 present time. He lias had a very large practice in 
 iMMh criminal and civil cases, particularly so in dis- 
 puted patent cases in the I'nited States courts. He is 
 the author of a number of lK)oks, to-wit : " Intemper- 
 ance and Crime" ; '"Court and Prisoa" ; "A Calm 
 View " ; "A Hawk in an Kagle'it Ne«t," and " What I 
 
 Saw at Cassiidagti Ijike."^He as.serts that he ot 
 dnink a pint of intoxicating li<|Uors in his life, and 
 that he was never sicftwrtsconsccutive days. In 1888 
 he was led to examine thc\>lienomena of Spiritual- 
 ism, believing at that time that it was all fraud. The 
 result of his investigatioff has been given in his hooks 
 and lectures. He is now an ardent Spiritualist, and 
 is learned in the philosophy and phenomena of spirit 
 return and communications, and has often lectured 
 on the subject. MrB.ConiI,. V. Richmond, while under 
 inspiration, chrislened him "Theiivtgeof Cassada- 
 jta. ■ His experience in the phenomena of Spiritual- 
 ism is graphically described in his " Review of the 
 Seybert Commission," published, by the li'iuurr of 
 l.iillil, of Boston. ^ 
 
 Hon. Loren fl.' Sherman, 
 
 of I'ort Huron, Mich, editor, author, and lecturer. 
 His recent publication, " The' Science of the Soul," 
 has caused much comment and is a credit to the cnuse. 
 
 fl. S. Severance 
 
 Mr. Severance was a well known psyehomctrist, of 
 Milwaukee, 'Wis., but latterly of Chicago, where he 
 died in October, 1H»7. He knew more of a man by a 
 glance or a touch of the hand than the individual 
 did himself He penetnite<l the material veil as do 
 the sunniys the lattices of a window blind. 
 
 Charles E. Stanley \ 
 
 Charles E.. Stanley is a worker in (ialjipolis, O., 
 where he is at home, and nevOr permits an oppoi^u- 
 nity to pass by that he does not make it beneficial to 
 the cause. He is also an ardent student in the science 
 of- Spiritualism. He U an inspirational and test 
 medium 
 
 Mrs. M. H. Snyder 
 
 Mrs. Snyder was iKjf^i^f good old I'uritan ancestry,' 
 in the year IKii. in Cri?|ster. Hamden Counly, Mass. 
 Imbiieii with strong Chlvinistic d<K-ti4nes, it was a 
 hard struggle to discard the fciitli of the honored fore- 
 fathers to make room for.Jhe new philosophy of Spir- 
 itualism, but at the age of fifty-two latent mediuptis- 
 tic talent came to be recofjnined and the slumbering 
 »oul, awake to the knowleilge of sjiirit communica- 
 tion, and the phases of healing by laying on of hands, 
 develojiing and trance speakitig, came to be recog 
 nizeil fads in henlife work, and from the age of fifty- 
 two to sixty-two'she ilevoted her time and talent to 
 tlieeause so dear to -her heart, and is now, at the age 
 of sixty loiiK, still battling fur file lighr and truth as 
 she sees and understands it. She patietltly waits and 
 listens for the mandate of the spirit voice, ' ' Tis fin- 
 ished., come up higher." 
 
 L. T. Squire 
 
 I.inus T S<|uire, secretary of the First Association 
 of Spirh lalists, of Washingtoif, D. C. was born in 
 Cayuga Citjnty, X. Y. At the age of se^en yearn hiit 
 
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 to tho town of Quiiicy, Branch County, 
 :e elussi-(i iinion^ the pioneers of that 
 State. In ISlU be enlisted a> a private 
 I, Klevenll. Miehi^un Infantry Volun- 
 
 promoteil l>y >iioeessive jfrudes to the 
 int of the regiment. In 1K72 he was 
 ^an .1. Snyder. ,.She t)ein(; at that time 
 
 • believer in the pbenomenii of Spirit- 
 led into an in\ estij;ation of its elainis 
 
 nelusively its tnitb. Since that time, 
 endowed with any special inc<lial jtilts, 
 orcd to be faithful to the eaiise and to 
 crests as. far as possible. 
 
 >r. Susan d. Squire 
 
 S(|uirc, secretary of the Ijidies" Aiil 
 
 First '.■KssiKMiition of Spiritualists, of 
 
 K C.has been a Spiritualist fortwentx- 
 
 Ijorn in Baltimore, Md. Beinjr a grad- 
 ine and a practicing; physician, it has 
 le^e to carry the glorious tidings of ii 
 ninuirtality i4ito many homes. 
 
 rs. Rdoiie R. Smim 
 
 as been a medium seven years, during 
 ; has been in active work in Portland, 
 oftice and upon the rostrum. .\s test 
 IS met with >;reat success ; has conduc- 
 [injrs for two seasons. She is a elair- 
 L'l, and trance nteditim. She lornierlv 
 lyn, N. Y. . / " 
 
 Or. E. n. SmUti, 
 
 t., is president of the yuecn City Park 
 id president of the State Spiritualist 
 
 Ion. E. R. Stanley 
 
 is secretary of the Ouc^n City Cilmp. 
 iation, and has held other positions of 
 use. 
 
 E*. W. Sprajue '-^. 
 
 ra){ue, of 416 Newland avenue .lames- 
 
 * a trance an<l inspirational speaker, 
 test me<liuin. He was born in Krie 
 near BuH'aln, September IS, ls47. He 
 )«e inediumistic cxperierces in ehild- 
 < in later years, but knew nothing of 
 til Septeml»er :?. issi, Mhen a circle was 
 pwn home. Iinmedialel\ on the circle 
 e was entranced by the spiut of a Iniy, 
 spirit life by drowning:. 'A ci^yle was 
 ry evening for sjx years, durinvf. which 
 jped several phases of mediumship, 
 vas the answering of sealed i|ue«tions 
 irit-pictures ; but his strongcsi phases 
 
 and messages while under the influ- 
 ;. V. Wilson. 
 
 Mrs. B. R. Sprojuc 
 
 Mrs. Spr.ijjue, of .lamestown, N. Y., was liorn in 
 Kalaniaxoo County, Mich. She first became aware of 
 bet mediumshi]) in 1S,S1, when she was in |M>or healths 
 But through herdevelopnient she was raised from IIH 
 to 17(1 jtounds. She usually travels with her husband, 
 Mr.K \V. Sprajrue^ speaker and (ranee medium. 
 
 Giles B. Stebbins 
 
 Mr. ♦»tebbins in an old worVer in the field, n pro- 
 found lecturer, and withal, a jrood writer, as may 
 have been seen by lii> articles in the Liiihl of 'Irmli. 
 He is also the author of inanv books. His home is in 
 ■ Dttroit. .Mich. 
 
 Qr. Jacob SuJanson 
 
 .\nion(jst the lonj; and honored list of illuminators 
 who have lit up the failed hopes and j;iven renew eil 
 life to the sutfcrinj; myriads since the liawii oti,Spir- 
 itualisnir the name and labors of the eminent psTchic, 
 I whose iM>rtrsiit adorns this album , must occupy a 
 leadiiiK place. We say a leading place advisedly, be- 
 "cause the character of his work in the field of mo<lerii 
 thei-iipeutics is uni<|Ue and has no prominent parall^il, 
 unless we except the career nf l>r Newton. .yDC1<>r 
 ,lacob Swanson was born in Sweden sixty-seven yeaj>4 
 ajio, and came to .\merica in lS4;y-v He is a bor^l healer, 
 but his (ireat career did not bejtih until lS7i. when 
 he passi^l throujrh his first enlranccnient. saw and 
 communeH w-ith llie spirit world, and K'>ve forth tests 
 of -spirit pbwer and interposition culminalinK in the 
 revelation of his life work. He immediately entered 
 upon his mission, with rare self abnepition, laying 
 aside busines> pursuits, and for twenty -live ye.|r» h.is 
 Hiven'to the V<i>rld as brilliant and succcs-sful a career 
 in pure spiritual therapeutics as hits ever fallen to the 
 lot ot mortal 
 
 I Mrs. Rlice Soniers, 
 
 Is a medium for full' form materiali/.ations. trum^K't 
 and inilependcnt voices Heraddrcv- i« :i\Vest Nin"th 
 street, Sprin;jtield. O. She may be cla»»ed as a lH)rn 
 medium, for. at the ajie of six years she was already 
 clairvovatit. Mrs Soiners is open for enKaKenienIs 
 for the campiiiK season. ^^_. 
 
 Mrs. fl. E. Shieeis 
 
 Mis. Sheets, of (irauil Led^e. Mich , is one ol our 
 public \v<.rkeis, whom many will be pleased to see in 
 print. She is a whole-s()uKd woman, with a cheering 
 word for everybody ; is never disturbed by adverse 
 circumstances ; always hopeful ; has a pleasing influ- 
 ence, and inspires with confidence. Her expresH.ion 
 chariictcrizes her. 
 
 Mrs> B. 6. Severa-nce 
 
 Mrs. A. B. I Mary i Severance, the well known psy-^ 
 choinetrisl and impressional medium, of Whitewater, 
 Wis., has perhaps been more constantVy^inployed in 
 
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 hei' work under/the control and guidance ofJtinHeen 
 intelligence, dilrinK the past thirty years, thafn any- 
 other medium now before the public. Her psycho- 
 metric and imjiressional retulinKs have be'cn and still 
 are in demand amon^ spiritually minded people in all 
 parts of the civili->!ed world, and of incalculable "E'en- 
 efit to those who follow thc'^)ractical instructions with 
 which her readings arc always replete. .She i.s of 
 Scotch .parentage. Her parents w ere .lames and .lane 
 Malcolmson. When first dcvelopeil as a medium she 
 wasderitleil and persecuted by opposers of Spiritual- 
 ism, ami even utterly ignored by some of her near 
 'datives; but *ho in ho<m1 time were broujcht to a 
 knowledge and light of Spiritualism through the per- . 
 suative and convincinu i>ower of her mediumship, 
 Mrs. Severance has* ever been conscientiously devottd 
 to ht/r mediumistic work, and well may it be said that 
 she Ikis been, an<l still is, an aid to the cause of Spir- 
 itualism and a blessing to mankind. v 
 
 / Mrs. M- S. Seabrook 
 
 / Mrs. Martha S. Seabrook is the daughter of the late 
 Rev. .loseph B. Seabrook, a distinguished divine of 
 the Kpiscopal Church, Charleston, S. C. She descends 
 from a long line of distinguished ancestry in Kngland, 
 Si-otland, and .America. .\ woman of high cultivation 
 and of a noble independence of spirit, she hu» boldly 
 advanced her belief in spirit return, and has contin- 
 ued to give freely to all clas.ses the light she has ob- 
 taineil. She is a fine psychometer, highly inspira- 
 tional clairvoyant. 
 
 Miss Carrie Suienson ' 
 
 » . . . 
 
 This lady is the e<lilor and publisher nf Ikn Skiiii- 
 iliiitirisk' S/'iiHiiiilisIt II, the only Spiritualist paper in 
 .\merica published in the Swedish and Norwegian 
 languages. Miss Swenson has held positions in vari- 
 ous newspaper oflices for a period of over twelve ^ 
 years, and in May, 1S!U, she commenced the publish- 
 inj; of the above mentioned paper from No. 248 Cedar 
 avenue, Minneapolis, Minn . where 4he office still is. ^ 
 Miss S»ensoi»-is an enthusiastic atut earnest bclievt^^_ 
 in Spiritualisn\. and she has not hesitated in spciuflV^ 
 ing her time, xjtc, for the spreading of thiij belief 
 among her own countrymen. Miss Sjitnson was Ix-rn 
 the ilth of February, isti7, in the proviiTye of Werm- 
 liind. .Sweden, and has lived in Minneajwlis since her 
 arrival in America in the Spring of 1887. 
 
 . ,. Mrs. M. Summers 
 
 Mrs. M. .Summers, pastor of the Spiritualist Church 
 of the Students of Nature, Chicago, is a native of De- 
 troit, Mich., born in 18iS!), and brought up principally 
 in that city as a Roman Catholic. As-she approached 
 womanhood, however, her independent spirit rebel- 
 led against the methods of the Catholic Church. 
 Since her marriage, at the age of twenty years, her 
 residence has been at various "places in Michigan, . 
 Colorado, Wyoming, Illinois, and Iowa, and besides 
 
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 XVI 
 
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ho hn> tniveled a ({ivut <lcnl. from Michinim lo Cali 
 ornia ; Imt for tht past scvi-n yoa'rs she has lioen a 
 Ivaily rosiiU'Ht of Chicago where shv has \)vvn con- 
 tantlv i-nKa^vil in Spiritual work In thi- autumn of 
 SA"! silo founilvd thi- ehiirch of which she is now the 
 >astor ; and shi-'is opening up new- j^ltcfH iiftheeity 
 mil suhurt)K SJie has answered niant enlls to leeture 
 ind K'\^' seanees at a distanci', and several to attend 
 ampmeetinKs Inheriting the vrift ol " seeond 
 i>,'ht." etc.. as it has heen ealled, that is; elairvovanee. 
 1 .iraudienee, psxchoinetry. and j;i'neral n)ediiiinsliip. 
 lie had' frec|Uent visions durin);' ehildhirttd iind often 
 lelivered niessajres and interpreted syniljols there- 
 roni lonp before she reall> knew svieiititieallN^" what 
 II: inner of woman she was of ; " -nnd not until she took 
 il> her residence in Colorado, about the year iss"). ili<J 
 li- systematically trive clairvoyant readin:Js seances, 
 iiid public lecluies. >he has been licensed as a 
 iicdium and leclur<.T I«y the Spiritual fniou, of Chi- 
 ■■x\;o. and the I'eo>l-"> Suit .m;ilj>tic S.-cuty of San 
 •''inc'-K'o and in May, ltit'>. b\.t!ie clebrited Mr> 
 ri>ra I.. V. Iti hmoMtl s!f w is <inl lined a nii))i"ter of 
 !>■.• Kii>pel of Spiritualism >iiic.' .Iinuarx. l^lti. she 
 las been tUe iiastor of the St>iritMali»tic Church of 
 h- StiidiMifs of Nature, alreadx nientioneil, wh'ch is 
 
 I society iticorixirated under th^' laws of the St ite of, 
 llinois and ch;Mlereil hy the National Spit itua'istic 
 ls;oci ition, and siivo ev^ry si^n of pcrinaiirnt vilal- 
 X\ . '.'-■- 
 
 Viclorien Sardou ' | 
 
 M. Sardou, the well kvown Kreiuh 'ramilic ;iuthor. 
 »lio«e pliys hoUI the le dinn pi ice on the stajjes of 
 virope and Ameiica. acknowled e» h niself to be a 
 II' dium .\s far Iimck as Isis the /•'"■"• .S i.t< tln'M 
 <l:ted by .Mian '■'ardec. puldisln d some curious medit 
 imislie drawinirs of his.i>M:iineil uml r ihe iiifluence 
 if Bernard ^le I'elissy, tlie sculi-liu IJ-- h i- i>ublish' 
 d others since then inade up of curious combinations 
 if insects atid Howci>, stated to represen' Iheilwell 
 I'ljs of some inhabitants of Jupiter i|Mob:iblv ill it« 
 siral plane '. M. ;siii(|ou. wr ite a preface for a recent 
 »'>rk of Kant Hand on jisych c force in which. by 
 ' tei* tl at many of the piic ni>niena wbicb the woihl 
 » now treatiiiK as new discoveries b mc been known 
 o him for thirt\ years bick He bad the couiat'e lo 
 iiesent his SpirituI convictions in a pl.iy entitled 
 ' ^pirilisnie." in wliich he incorporated a clever nr- 
 :ument bt'tween two scientific d.H-tors in support of 
 piiituaiism. Heinj: one of the 1 aders in the I'aris 
 :in liter:irv worlij his opinions in this rc»pect have 
 lad considoable inHuence in cultured and fasbiona 
 lie circles,. thtiu);h the play itself h'd only a •■bort 
 nn. bein^ in ndvHiice of.the appreciation -of." the 
 
 II ts.ses. V 
 
 W^illlam Thomas Stead 
 
 William T Steail, the well kitown publisher of />'•/- 
 'lUtii't, was born at KnibletOn Noi thumbei land, .lul> 
 . IH49 An Knvlish journalist, son of a CunKre);a' . 
 ionnl minis er. He wmh educated lit home and at 
 
 Wakefield, leavitiK school at the ajje of fourteen in 
 order to become otl^ Ixiy in a mercantile office. \^ 
 was appointed editor of the,. V"i'/i> ni KWo, of DnrlinK- 
 lon in ISTl, and in isst) assistant editor of the /'"" 
 .»/<(i7 i;,,:filr. of which he was editor iss:j S9. In ISHO 
 he founded the l{ '<• 'i ••> '/I'l 'i' ">. <if which he is the 
 editor and publishei. KecomitiK inteiested in Spirit- 
 ualism a few yea'is ajro. he inlroduccil himself lothe 
 wDrlil by puWWiinf; a Cbrixtinas supplement, entitled 
 •' t;bo«I Stories^' of which l(i:i,(NKi copies were sidd 
 within a \er\ short time. The following; year be 
 published "More tJliost Stories" with i ipiat success. 
 Since then he be);an the issuing; of a r< j;iilar Spirit- 
 jialisi.c i|uarterl\ maja/.ine. known :i« I! •nh rl'iml. 
 which also bus 'many thousan<ls of re:ii1< r- in both 
 hemis]>heres, Mr Stead's conversion to Spiritaalism 
 was laiyely diie to his ni' dial i|UHlities, he • ecominK 
 an autotnatic writer by experiinenlinn with the pen- 
 cil -implx done b\ holiljii'^ the stme li>;htly be- 
 ween the tin^rer-. a-i in ordiiiaix writing, and with- 
 drawing! ll'.e will from the arm. which is then Teidil.x 
 acteil upon ti\ di-c ir'i:itr iiitelliirence-t or st>irits, -.o- 
 calleil In his autoi)i itic o- spirit w riiiiiv; Mr. ^lead 
 also discovered that be couM ilicit tb 'Uchts finm liv 
 iii,' pesofisor mortals w'mcIi were vciiTKil as correct 
 upon inves'i^iation I'l.is leil hini to s"i k tests froiii 
 the so-called ilead. which too were verified i^ correct 
 ill iIlT'- »ouiseof tiiii'e and a tiioiier liiode of tisiint; 
 Mr. Ste lit was not t m m to ;rivc upat the firstfailuie 
 to obtain s iti»facloi'\ resalls. n.ir to become di«cour- 
 aucd b. c:iii>c fiHuds were reid'\ lo imit ito^ie krenu- 
 ine -pii itual iKlicnomi-^ia ; but bv. labored steadily and 
 inv. •.ii^;.iteil honestly .'and was lewarded b\ his in- 
 te;;rit,i;in mni.i wa.\» from the /.'•■.</< •<u.i/ hisinij:- 
 azini- beiiiL' the moiiunietit erected to his conversion 
 and in ;;i'atitude lo a bi);her pQMer for l be truth of 
 immoi ta'litx 
 
 O'. Necumarch P. Smith 
 
 llr. N 1*. "iinit'i, of loMon, Miss., w is educated in- 
 thc ;>a 'li • s,-!) i i]. .f Itiston. li.adiialed at the Hos- 
 1x1 I.iiinS-ho d. the mi^t faniou* preparatory school 
 ill tljis I'oiiiitiA ; w.is one of the orators of ibe day, 
 the best speaker only l>einn elisihle lo Ihe honor, and 
 recened the special prize fi)r " Kxemplary Conduct 
 and Kidelit\." Me i-ntered Williams College, and • 
 afiera three ye;irs" course studied ibeoloKy. and was 
 oidaine to the rniversalist ministry, at thv Des 
 Moiiu* Iowa I'liiversalist Convention, in June, 
 IsTI. H WIS pallor of the Cnivei'salist ♦<l>ciel\es in 
 Ueadfi'M Me I Is i(,'e. la.. West and South \cton, 
 Mas* . .ind C'latbani Ma-o". b-sides doin;; mjjifiionary 
 work n lowa.and Kansas .\ftei' nine years of min- 
 isterial labor he surrendered hi* letter of felowship 
 lo the Massachii-ctis Convention of rnieefsaliHts, and 
 entered Uoston rni\ei'sity Siditwd of Medicine. afK-r 
 a special course in the practice of medicine for. ■ 
 twenty veaVs Soon after matricu'atin^r lit Ihe'meil^ 
 ical •<--ho.d. he became interested, in j>*..\Vhic prob- 
 lem-, and i»ecamc inactive speaker in Spiritualistic 
 subjec's, with developments in psychometic ({ifts to ii 
 
 .Wll 
 
 hi){h d$);rt:t:. For the last eijtht years he has conduc- 
 ted lar^e meetings in Boston. Was elected, for two 
 years as trustee and director of the VetcrHn Spirit- 
 ualist Home and is at present actlKely workini; to e8- 
 tablish the Wavtrly Ho«ie iis a refufce for mcdiumis- 
 tic workers. 
 
 Dr. F. Schermerhorn 
 
 I>r. Si-hermerhorn was born in I.amont, Mich,, in" 
 IS.iti. Cradiiated fropi the medical department of thf 
 t'niversity of Michi^fiin in IHSii Became interested- 
 in .Spiritualism in IHs:!. and was duiini; that year, 
 developed as a medilim for physical munifestationii 
 ' ttn account of failing health he w':is obliged to diH-^^ 
 continue this woik in ISss He first be^ran lo lecttire 
 as n trance s|ieaker in Bix-hester, N. Y . in 1.H90. and 
 gradually became inspirational ; I's now developing: 
 the phase of test .mediumship The jloclor hnii fine 
 psi-yhic powersasa clairvoyant physician, but is ob- 
 liged to use them sparingly, on account of the tax 
 upon bis nervoiiN vitality He was elected secretar.v 
 of the Wichinan State Spirittialists' .Association, which 
 office be tilled for nearlv two \ears, and is now secrie- 
 tary pro tein of the Ohio Sptritua lists' .Xstsociatiop. 
 For the last year and a half his public work has been 
 in Ohio, havint; served t''e-.\kron Society during the 
 entire seasons of IHWJ and IH»7. 
 
 Esther Thomas, S- M- 
 
 Mrs. Thomas was born in--\'ir>finia III. .\t the ajje 
 of six years she already manifested mediumship. 
 Her father" whs :\ Methodist minister, Hev. J W, 
 •(iideon. Mrs Thomas has pissed through many 
 phases, and is now a Spiritual minister in Seattle, 
 Wash. She was ordained at I'ortl.md. Ore. 
 
 Mrs. Maggie Theciforal 
 
 Mm. -Thedford Ih a materializing medium of the 
 pronounced type 'Throunh her xeiy remarkable 
 manifestations have occurred To test her she has 
 been put into a wire ca>rc siill the forms appeared 
 aniont; the sitters Like all of her kind, she has had 
 much skepticism lo contend with, but overcame it all 
 by steadily lookini: to the lijfht and preserving her 
 ili);nity under all circumstance. Her home is in Tex- 
 iirkaiia, .\rk. 
 
 Muetson-m^iie 
 
 Mr. Tutllc is.one of the oldest* Sj>irilualists in our 
 rinks. • He is the author of "".Arcana of Nature." a 
 wonderful priMlurtion. translatid in all popular lan- 
 iru.'iKes He is also author of many other books, 
 anion); which is iiotably " Psvchic .Sciene.e." a mul- 
 tumin-paivo production. Mr, Tuttle's home i« in 
 Berlin HeiKhts O 
 
 . tflr%. Ernma Train 
 
 Mrs. KrAma Train is best known to many hy her 
 poems. Her home' is in N- rth Collins, N. Y.. where 
 she is in active service for the cauHe in a private way 
 
••^ 
 
 ' *vv 
 
 ry of II Cump Moctinp A>'M>oiiition, and 
 r i)r<)miiu'nt po-itions in society iitt'iiir>. 
 le is kinil-hcartol, true' to licrselt', iinil 
 fciidy to plrasc and williii); to siTvi- 
 rriis the eausc. As a writer -lie is clear 
 rilthtul to nature, and extreniel> jiraeti- 
 te^s. Kven her poetry partakes of llie 
 generally perfect in its niechanical ar- 
 rhyine and rythntbein); harmonious and 
 I her general leinlency licraspirntions, 
 I loving; nature with a sentiment flow - 
 rectioi> of ^ood uill and peace anions 
 She also writes on niven stihjivts as 
 •rant with facilitx, though her purest in- 
 id fe.elinjjs are breatlved .throii>;li ini- 
 S4 or as the spirit moves her. 
 
 4rs. Rnna E. Tnomfts 
 
 IS is a trumpet medium unil inspinition- 
 She is n tine looking woman Jind com- 
 't from Iter hearers. Tojjetlier with an 
 icrsiment she pleases ami initpires with 
 
 s. Sarah R. Unoteruiood. 
 
 •inhteenth year, Mrs, rndcrwood was n 
 It shortly at^er reasoned herself out of 
 lo lilieralisin. .\liout this time the wri- 
 ;{. K. I'ndcrwooil also came to her notice, 
 I'd in correspondence and eventually 
 IStiJ. She then became identilieil witli 
 ovement. though lonj{inn all the while 
 li^ht and some detinile^ evidence of im- 
 lut upon reading the results of investi- 
 .' by I'rofessors Seiltrwick, I.oiljfe, anil 
 L'lnembered some youthful experiences 
 ichette, ami determineil priv.atel> to ex 
 iiutomatic writing;. The results proved 
 were the ajrency, as described in her 
 " Automatic: Spirit Writinjr." Herprcs- 
 •J65.S Kvanston avenue, Chicago, III. 
 
 6. F. Underuuoool 
 
 most prominent lecturers, debaters, an<l 
 L- Free Thought cause, was Mr. Tuder- 
 lime. Besides this he is a journalist of 
 He was. born in New York City, July 6, 
 SH' already contributed articles to first- 
 He served as lieutenant in the Tnion 
 L- close of the war he reentered the lec- 
 1 was late editor of the H'lslmi Iiidtx and' 
 < (iiirl. Few men have ever received 
 il deference by the press as Mr. Cnder- 
 evenil years he was editorial writer for 
 ilnsi'iihii-iil Jniini'it on scientilie. reli>;ious, ' 
 
 c (".■*••/«» n Iff ,/"r(f /('f I uti >cieiiiiiic, I eii^ioiis, 
 
 jjects, and for about two years he him-' 
 i the paper Alonn the lines tind in the 
 ; Psychical Research .Society. Mrs. I'n- 
 .'iated with him, writing diroctl.v in sup- 
 
 l>ort of Spiritualism, citing in proof her own personal 
 experiences. .\s a x-ounj: man Mr. ruilcrwoiMl was 
 inclinetl to materialism, but latterly he has leclureil 
 'on Spiritualism having made it- phenomena a sub- 
 ject of careful investi^tation. He has aNo contributed 
 articles to the .li>i" and 7<iMi>i"' '•' I's'i'hir /ft.vii/r/i 
 anent hi- observations in relation to thi- subject. He 
 was al«o secretary oV the Psvchical S<.-iencC Conjrresn 
 held in con'n'ection with the World"- Fair, co-operat- 
 ing with niftn.x other prominent men in cohtrihutinK 
 to the succes- of those important meetinns. 
 
 ' ! _ Commandanl Tetrad 
 
 We also publish the ]>ortrait of Commandant Tejirad, 
 of the Frt nch enjfineeni.. This jiortrait has the pecu- 
 liar interest of itself illu-tratin^ the human psjchic 
 effluvia. It is taken h\ a professioiial photo^;^apher, 
 Derville, o( the Hue Nationale. Tours. France". The 
 commandant was walking along 'that street with a 
 friend, conversing with regard to psvchic photogra- 
 phy when his friend proposed that they slioiild go 
 into the above studio, which iheV happened to be 
 passing, and see whether a similar Veil would be ra- 
 diated from him in a professional sluilio, as had 
 repeatedly appeared on the plate- taken in his oWn 
 house. The |M)rtrait wi reprixluce wa- the result, as 
 certified by the photographer on the back of the print. 
 These luminous veil- have appeareil on inaii> of the 
 portraits taken b> the commandanl, and evidentlv 
 illustrate a nebulous or static miwle of the same force, 
 that producetl striated images when ilirected ihrougli 
 his lingers in contact with a seti-ilive -}>late. The 
 commandant has directtMl hi-etlluviiim \>\ will, to rep- 
 resent, images on the sensitized plate of torm- on 
 which he concentrated all the Ultentron of his mind. 
 He ha- thus exteriorized or objectified the mental 
 image of a bottle and of a bird The fact that hiinian 
 vital elHuvia produce prolographic iniag<.-s has now 
 been confirmed by several new e\perimentoi-s who 
 aild their t^-stinionv to that of I»r. Karadiic. Hr. .Vdain, 
 and Dr. I.uys, previously referred to. M. Havid. the 
 chemist of the celebrated French .*»tate Tapestry 
 Wctrks of the tiobelin-. who worked in conjunctioiv 
 with the late I>r I.uys, has carried on these experi- 
 ments since thede ith of Dr. I^iiys. in association with 
 M Ch. Hrandt. the director of the Paris Radiographic 
 labor.itory. These gentlemen have -ucceeded in pho- 
 tographing the efHuvia of a magnet, or the lines of 
 force of the magnetic field, thus confirming the claims 
 of Reicbenbach. Dr. I.uys. and De Kochas as to the 
 luminosity of the magnetic eflluvia. The> have ob- 
 tained a Very similar image produceil b\ the radia- 
 ■ lions from their own fingers, therein contirfning the 
 claims <)f Dr. Iiu.\s. who called attention to the simi- 
 larity existing between human vital etihn ia and calletl 
 animal magnetism. an<l the etHuvia from magnets 
 This mechiknical registratioti of human ■j>swhic etHu- 
 via is of great importance to Spiritualisni, as it must 
 be remembered that M, De Rochas has demonstrated 
 that the human psychic form or "double" is consti- 
 
 tuted therewith. .Also it was show:tji that tl^e phe- 
 mnnena exteriorized through tlu- eelebftited medium, 
 F.iisapia Paladino, were constituted therewith. It has 
 further been shown by Dr. Montin to be the-medium 
 b\ which "spirit raps", may be determined through a 
 iiusineric subject and objects moved at a distance 
 from her. 
 
 Mrs. Carrie F. Weatherford ' 
 
 Mrs. Carrie Fuller Weatherford is a trance lecturer 
 and platform lest tnolium ; also improvises songs 
 from subjects presented Jiy the audience'.. She was 
 born at Hastings. Mich., .\"ug. 22, IStiO. Mrs. AVeath- 
 erford was an ex-'ceptionally bright student, and com- 
 menced what she considered her life-work of teaching 
 at the age of fifteen, in the public schools of Michi- 
 gan. .\t twelve years of age she developed clairvoy- 
 ance, anil used this gin constantly, not realizing 
 however that she was at jill diH'erOnt from other peo- 
 ple. Prophecy has also been a natural gif^ since 
 childluxMl. anil many remarkable instances of levita- 
 rion (vccurreil in her early life. I'p to IHSK) she con- 
 sidered iierself an F.|>iscopalian, but through death 
 inXthc family was forced to investigate the church 
 credji more thoroughly, with the result of beeomingji 
 Spiritualist. In ISHl she received a mes.sjige through 
 a medium that the spirit forces wished her to develop. 
 Six weeks later she was giving brilliant inspirational 
 addresses. .V long and moM serious illness forced her 
 to retire from the lecture ■ field ; during this period 
 she developed trance mediumship. .Mrs. WeatherfonI 
 has w holly recovered her health, after physicians had 
 failed lo benefit her, by using it.new system of thera- 
 peutics, taught her by her guides as she laid upon the 
 couch, too feeble to move alM)ut This instruction is 
 given in her classes with the most marvelous results; 
 many new truths concerning jwychic and Spiritual 
 1*». are al-o here presented ^.Mrs. Weatherford't; lec- 
 lur^i are brilliant, testSj .flccurate, and improvised 
 songV^very beautiful. 
 
 E. Wjiyallace, 
 
 Is the editiVof Tim W'nrlih, a bright weekly Spirit- 
 ualistic ne.wspJu>er published at Manchester, Kngland. 
 
 S. C. and Etnel Weatherford 
 
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 These little mediums are the daughters of 
 Carrie Fuller Weatherford respectively ten and thir- 
 teen years of age. They are trance test mediums, 
 elocutionists, and inspirational singers, and have 
 been variously heard in 'western cities before Spirit- 
 ual Societies. 
 
 J. Clegs Wright 
 
 Mr. Wright is one of our sciAttific exponents of 
 spiritual philosop"hy, though never at a loss to take 
 nj) other branches when the iK-casion requires. He is 
 a subtle reasoner, a profound thinker, and able stu- 
 dent in all that pertains to the cause he e«l>ouses. 
 
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 Francis 8. 'Woodbury 
 
 Mr. \Voo(ll)ury in next to his iin-siili-nl the most 
 H)|>ulHr known man in the SpiritualintiL- ranks, living 
 hi' Rocretarv of tin- National Spiritual Association, 
 [lis hi-adiiimrlom arc in Wasliinjrton, I). C. at the N. 
 V A. huililint;, rt(H) I'cnn avcniio. S. K. 
 
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 rs. ffstoie F. Watkins 
 
 Mrs. WatkinK is what the world terms a ili-ar >;o<><l 
 iOiil. She is a ine<liuni who strikes out for truth in 
 nore ways than one. She handles secular Mihjects lis 
 veil as those pertaining strictly to the spiritual, and 
 s true to herself in every respect. She is one of those 
 vho is living in advance of her a^e. 
 
 Mrs. M- E. Williams 
 
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 This lady is well known as a materiali/.int; niciliuni 
 n .New York City. Besiiles heiuR a tirstclas.s instru- 
 nent for spiritual phenoiiicna, she Js a ladj of retine- 
 nent and e<lucation. and has man> friendn all over 
 he countrx who have lieen con\forteil l>y her <eancc>, 
 
 Mrs. d. <l. Whilney 
 
 Mrs. Whitney is a clairvoyant, trancy and test nie- 
 lium who has l>een doiiiK ho»mI work in the cause for 
 uany yei'rs. Her home is in California. \'\i* slie ac- 
 •epts en^ta^rt-nients aliroad, having receiitl> lieen as 
 iir east as Huston. She is a resident of Sao Knmcis- 
 •o, Cal. 
 
 Rarer) Willis 
 
 Mr. Willis is Cincinnati's historical iiialeria1i/in^ 
 iicdiun\ the man who rose from a shoemaker to his 
 iresent eminence. Few mediuius have been subjecl 
 o such criticism .mil op)K>sition in one locality ami 
 -emained unmoved its Mr. Willis. Kut despite it. all 
 ic continued his seances and maile converts rijtht 
 ilon^. He has some of the most prominent people ol 
 he State as auililors. ami feel- that the man wlui 
 kiiows he has the truth has a ri^ht lo.presi-nt it, an<l; 
 
 ie doeH it. 
 
 Neuiman Weeks 
 
 / 
 
 Mr. Weeks is a VeKmontcr — an old' pioneer in 
 spiritualism. He was actively identified with the 
 •ause in the earlier days of Andrew .lackson iMivis, 
 Dr. S. H. Krittan, Mrs. Coni Kichmond, ahen Miss . 
 'H.'otti, Kate Fox, atid is a friend of .lud^e F<<lmijnd>. 
 Profes.sor Hare, Kohert Dale <,»wen, ftjid Dr. Henry T. 
 I^hild .\fter Father I*ierjM>n;< he was president^d' the 
 Kirst National or);ani«Htion. He has also held liiK't 
 )ftices in various Societies and Camp Meeting Asso- 
 .•iations. . 
 
 Mrs. Ella ^VooduJaroi 
 
 Mrs. Woodward is a <|uiet worker, at Toledo, O. 
 Her conlriliutions to the spiritual press have been read 
 with pleasure t)y those who know her. and hy whom 
 be is also admireil for her Kood «|ualitie8 geneniUy. 
 
 -F. Cordon 'Wniie 
 
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 Born of parents who were e»rn«»t investigiitors of 
 Spiritualism before he wfis l)orn, he, early in life, 
 showed that there was a forOe around hipi which was 
 not underst<Hxl. In early manhood, during a severe 
 illness, his spirit );uides controlletl him and brought 
 him into the public work as soon as his physical con- 
 diti«)n would nermit, and since that time he has labor- 
 ed earnestly tor the advancement of the cause so dear 
 to the hearts of those who are seeking evidence that 
 their loved ones are not dead, but only " jfonel»efore." 
 I'ermanent address, I.il> Dale, N. Y. 
 
 Maggie Waite 
 
 Mrs. Waite is a California lad> and a comparatively 
 new lest medium in our ranks. Her«lebut in eastern 
 circles, a few years B>{o, created i|uite a stir, she being 
 a very decide<i delineatiu' of the unseen and very fear- 
 less in her utterance of the truth. She is > et in the 
 prime of her life and has a eommandiuK appearance 
 on the rostrum. Her tests are full and free from cir- 
 cumlocution, thus interesting to the jtene'ral audience 
 as well as the recipient. She speaks rapidly and 
 w itiiout hesitanc> , ami shows no favoritism, thus hold- 
 ing her audience in expectancj and -free from w%»ri- 
 iiess. She has been remarkably successful in general 
 and has a future before her that will be historical in 
 character 
 
 0r. C. E. Whilllesey 
 
 Dr. t;ranvilU K. WliitiK-e\, H. S, D. I».,*f St Louis, 
 Mo., was born in WashiuKton, D. C. .Sept. 1». ls«-.» 
 and is one of four children born to William Wallace 
 and Clara Maria W]iitllese.\ nee Knajrjtsi ami jtrent- 
 j:randson of Hon. F.lisha Whittlesey, at one time 
 Comptroller of the I'nited .States Treasury uniler four 
 adii'iini-tration-. He is hi^hl> educated, holds three 
 dej;ree«. but for some time has j:iven himself up al- 
 most entirelx to the study of psychical and occult sci- 
 ences, an<l is rejfiirded as one of the most elo<iuent 
 scientific -peakers <>n the rostrum, as well as a plat- 
 form test medium a-iid healer Of late he has devoted 
 his time between the self-culture and the psychical 
 societies, where he has met with remarkable success 
 in his lectures and tests. 
 
 David Wallace 
 
 .\ State .V>;ent for North Dakota, alwi a mcmher of 
 the Free ThoUKht Feileration of .\nierica, was born 
 in Ontario, of KiikIisIi parents; and in his boyhooil 
 and earl.\ nianlioo<l da>s was a staunch Christian, al- 
 though he never could reconcile his mind to their 
 ■ many conflicting iileas. In searching for the truth he 
 gradually drilled into .Xjinosticisini and was an earnest 
 worker lind a free and willing suj)porter of that IkxIx. 
 .\bout five years a^o he iiccidcntly learne«l the beau- 
 tiful trutlis-ot Spiritualism, and has since devote<l his' 
 whole spare time and mind in working for, and invert- 
 ti>CHtinK the wonderful facts revealed by that sublime 
 
 and scientific rjrtijrioui* orRanization He is a deadly 
 op^>onent to all orthodox creeds and dogmas ; and a 
 diligent searcher after truths, and a firm supporter of 
 every scietititic and moral refomi. He resides in 
 Hamilton, N. D. 
 
 E. V. ^Vilson 
 
 Mr. Wil«on was known as the " Old wheel Horse " 
 in our ranks. He has pa^Vd to the l)eyond, but hia 
 memory is kept irreen by his freijuent materializations 
 through various media. He does not seem to be gone 
 rfrom us. and is as much alive to the needs of Spirit- 
 ualism to-day as he was when in the l)ody. His 
 daughter, Mrs. Kayner, CbntinUes the work of her 
 father through Jvi;r mediumship, and thus Mr.' Wilson 
 is doubly dear to us and all friends of the phenomena. 
 
 C. M. Walser 
 
 O. H. Walser, poet, philanthropist, lawyer, and sci- 
 entist, is" a well known; man all over southwest Mis- 
 souri. Mr. Walser laidx^ut the town of Liberal, Bar- 
 ton county, the land belonging to him, and for years 
 there were no churches and no saloons in the town 
 F.ventuaHy, however, a loophole was found iji one of 
 his deeds to some parties ami both these socfal func- 
 tiitnings followed each other inlothe town. Mr. Wal- 
 ser was a s<.-ientific materialist, but large heart and a 
 close student. Finally he became converted to Spir- 
 itualism and for it_^nunlber gf years has been promi- 
 nently i<lentitied therewith. He established a Spirit- 
 ualist camp ground near Liberal and man.v of our 
 speakers have been invited thither iluring the past 
 vears. ,, 
 
 Or, F. L.. W. Willis 
 
 Dr. Willis is one of the earliest workers inourcause. 
 He is an authi>r. improvisor of superb i>oetr>', a fine 
 speaker, and a medical clairvoyant. \Vt)en he first 
 came to notice among the pioneers of.^e Moderil Dis- 
 pensation he was(|uietly pursying his studies in the 
 ilivinity schcnd connected wjtli Harvard College. He 
 lielongi-d to one of the oldest families in Cambridge. 
 Before entering college, after his preparation, his 
 health failed, and his physicians said only a voyage 
 to a foreign clime would restore it. H< was examined 
 and accepted at Harvard, and then sailed for South 
 America to be gone a year ' During his absence he 
 developed as a physical metlium, and on his return to 
 Harvard was led into the practice of his mediumship 
 bv |K)wers not hi«< own. This set Harvard in an up- 
 roar, and leil to his virtual expulsion from that vener- 
 able institution, and brought about the famous Har- 
 vard inveiiljgation, the promised report of which is | 
 still anxiouslv awaiteil. 
 
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 Prof. Ceo. VJ. ^Valrond 
 
 I*yof. (Jeo. W Walroml. clairvoyant and RcientiAc 
 astrologer, was born in Hiigland, on June '26, 184fi. 
 He is a descirn<lant of the well known Devonshire, 
 familv of Wulronds, who have figured promlinently in 
 
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 < for several jreneiations past; one of 
 
 ■ W. II. Walruiid. beinn m jiresent a 
 il Sjilisbiiry's oaliinet At an early ajfe 
 id entered the'Hrilish army and served 
 
 I in several wars in ditlereiit parts n.f 
 has been a nr(,'Ht traveler, but duriiiK 
 
 L- has devoted all his spare time and 
 eanse of Spiritualism amf oeeiill sei- 
 ecturod in Kn^land, Ireland. Seotland. 
 eipal eities of Canada anil ibe I'niieil 
 er for a paper, in speakinj; of Mr. W al- 
 L' is an erudite gentleman, an excellent 
 r, and » line el.iirvoyant." His repu- 
 liable aslrolojier of m< rit is widely 
 IdresMiK thetininitc UuildinK. D^Miver, 
 
 lev. fl. J. ^Veav^^ 
 
 II former minister of the ehu(vh, whose 
 Orchard. JUaine, arter invesiifjatint; 
 
 of 'pirilualism. reaeheil the follow in>; 
 ch he wiote aivinn^ his experi«>'<iee» in 
 i(f/i. of Columbus. Ohio: "" Space for- 
 in this article in detail the numerous 
 hich no other known theory but the 
 ury can Uicount for. That theory will 
 ly when a more sjitisfactory theory is 
 ike its place. I aivept that theory be- 
 
 I should be compelled to r-nounce the 
 V senses and ihe authority of those 
 :al powers upon which I liKveimplieil- 
 hinjrs durinji my whole life. /•-I openly 
 lieory because to do otherwise I slioulil 
 ard and a nii.serable hypocrite. That 
 
 my own cboosinjf any more than was 
 y ftrowth. Neither is it of my rejectinj; 
 the color of my eyes or the bent of uiv 
 )ve of truth has hroutfbt me where 1 
 like rn'e whence I jc<> ' "m the instru- 
 in the hands of the mental ami moral 
 1^. Ity its power I am where I uni uDd 
 all be where ik leads me." 
 
 ia P. fl. Whitlock 
 
 J, of "J" .\tlantic avenue. Providence, 
 lown as a lecturer and psychometrisl. 
 
 ■ became a member of tie I'niversalist 
 r a number of years was an earnest 
 jj this time she/ became conscious of a 
 .-e al>out her, but could not understand 
 iiother had been ill a year it was suk- 
 ould be well to consult a elairvoyunt_ 
 IK could be done other than had been. 
 
 ' thi.' result was good, but during the 
 romn^ spirit said :, " You are a meili- 
 )d sit with your motherand fatherand 
 lit you shall see." This was startling 
 , but the request was obeyed and evi-. 
 spirit power. .Xf^erwanl prx>phecies 
 iblicwork upon the platform. Before 
 aware of it she began td give written 
 
 \ 
 
 psychomttric readings from Ux-k of hnir .and hand- 
 wiying, anil has continued to (U> this for <he past 
 twelve years. Her first public lecture was given at 
 <)>sct ^camp meeting ten years ago. and since, that 
 tiinc she has been constantly empioyeil. .After her. 
 midiumship began to develop, many occurrences of 
 early life which had seemed straiige were explained.' 
 Clairvoyance of later years proved thc^clairvoyance 
 of Tier chil()hood. During the years upon the plat- 
 form sbc has been an earnest worker wherever she has 
 labored. aii.\ioUs that the truth of Spiritualism should 
 be fully under-lovid both in Us phenomena and phi- 
 
 losophy, 
 
 Rabb> Samuel >Afeil 
 
 (ire^tly perplexed bv the modern scientific attitude 
 towanl the miracles of tbe Hihie. Mr. VVeil read both 
 , sides of tbe i|Ucslioii. studied I'arvkin, and Spencer, 
 and read the.controversies on the subject. In ls74 .\. 
 K. Walhlce's " Defense of Spiritii.ilism " against \V. 
 ■U. Ca'penter appeared, which imjiressed him some- 
 what. Witnessing some mesnieVic phenomena dis- 
 oosed him yef more favorably towanl occult studies. 
 In 1HS7 .Mrs Nickless. medium, gave him and others 
 in HradfonI convincing tests in Spiritualism. He 
 , then subscribed for a Spiritualistic weekly paper, and 
 j in .August, Hss at CasKiiilKga, obtained conclusive 
 proofs of the truth of Spiritualism ttirougb independ- 
 ent slate writing through the mediiimship of the 
 Hangs Sisters and Mr. Keeler. He then read the works 
 of Mr. \. ,1 Ihivis. l>r. Peebles, Kpes Sargent i»nd 
 other-, and pre-eminently the discourses ami iHwiks of 
 Mrs, Coni I.. V. liichmond. He subse<|Uent1y In'mself 
 developed as an inspinitioniil writer and speaker, 
 while his_wifeanil four daughters also became nieili- 
 iiins. He thus studied the various phenomena and 
 tried lo deduce the laws, the ethics and iihilosophy of 
 Spiritualisui. Tbe Hilde was now intelligible to liim, 
 as all sacred books of thp FJist are in the light of .Spir- 
 itiiulisni. ,* _ r^ 
 
 Prof. fl. «. Wallace. LL. D.^ F. I». S. 
 
 A philosophical materialist, believed onl,\ in matter, 
 and force at the outset of his ini|uiries ..After most 
 onreful and painstaking investigation, he was com- 
 pelleil to succumb. " Thtr /<«•/.< '«><( im ," he saj s in his 
 valual>le iiook on " Miracles and Modern Spiiitual- 
 ism." ■ His brave, outspoken declaration of his knowl- 
 edge of spirit existence and communion has made 
 -him, by his emine4lce in other fields of science, a ver- 
 itable tower of strengtb fi^r Spiritualism. !>••. Wallace 
 was born in l>*k, in Moifniouth, .Ian. H, 1h*.>, and was 
 educated as a^8ur\ eyor and architect, a calling he pur- 
 sued until IH^."), since which time he hasdevoteil him- 
 sfelf exclusively to the study of natural history, and in 
 this department of research he now stands without a 
 p*er. I)r. Wallace commenced the exploration of the 
 Amazon and Negro rivers in Northern Knizil, in 1848, 
 spending four yearn in obtaining nunierous vocabu- 
 laries of Indian tribes and in making extensive col- 
 lections in ornithology and botapy, whic* were most- 
 
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 ly lost at sea. He returned to Kngland.in IS-W and 
 puldi!«Iied a work entitled -'Travels on tiie .Amazon 
 jind Uio Negro, with Remarks on the Vocabularies of 
 the .Ama/.onian Languages," and shortly thereafter a 
 work entitled " I'alm Trees of the .Amazon and Their 
 fse< " He then devoted eight years to explorationR in 
 the Malay .Archipeligo, especially the Moluccas, Cele- 
 bes and New (tuinea. It was during this period that 
 he arrived, independently of Chilrles Darwin's re-' 
 searches in the siime direction, al a theory of natural • 
 selection, which he emiKKlie'd in a paper sent to Sir 
 Charles I.yeli "On the Tendency of A arieties to De- 
 part Indefinitely From the Original Type," which w is 
 read before the I.innean S<Kiety, .luly 8. IK.'W. ' .\t the 
 same meeting was presented ^Ir. Darwin's paper "On 
 the Tendency of Species To Fqrirt A'arieties " etc. ■ 
 .Altlviugh tin se papers were presented simultaneously, 
 liUlliS»riters having arriveil at simiUr conclusions, 
 independently, the theory of natural itelection is gen- 
 erally known as Darwinism. Dr. AVallftce has devoted 
 much time to the investigation of moilern Spiritual- 
 ism, and in 1876 he published his work on " Miiiiclex 
 of Modern Spiritigilism " in which hedecidedly and 
 fearlessly declarevl his- belief in (he fact of spiritoal 
 phenomena. > 
 
 Lilian Whitintf 
 Miss Whiting is a journalist, essayist, critic, and 
 poet, and is considered to be i)osHesse<I of a talent of a 
 higher order. At least, that is the general verdict,' 
 and the voice of people is general truth. Jessie Rit- 
 tenhouse says of her : " Miss Whit Ing, as one of the 
 younger women who rose so early to the summit of 
 her profession that she maybe ssiid to have attained it 
 at a single bound, after a few vears of able work in 
 the editorial chair found herself possessed of a read- 
 ing public sufficient to insure her the more personal- 
 succes-es of independent authorship, and is a promi-. 
 nent figure in the worldof letters." Her e<lucation 
 was undertaken st)me generations before her birth, in , 
 the persons of an able and diittinguished ancestrv, 
 dating dinctly on the one sid%to Cotton Mather, aiid 
 on the other to Rev. William Whiting, first I'nitarian 
 minister at Concord Mass. .Also t<f Rev. Abnim 
 Wheeler, one of the prominent Kpiseopal clergymnn 
 of the early New Kngland church. From her own par 
 ents she derived qualities not less ititelleetual, as her 
 father, from the editorship of a newspaper in a smalt 
 town in Illinois, whence he had moved during Mi-s 
 Whiting's childhood, rose to the ran If of scnat 'r in 
 that ,StHte, anil retained this prominent place for 
 twl'nty years, being actively identifieJ^ith all the 
 leading movements of his day, iimloTIeTif the fnjmers 
 of Illinois' present Constitu|*^i. Miss Whiting's 
 mother was also a graceful "wl-iter, but reaching per- 
 fection in the daughter. She is regular corresiKindent 
 for the t'liiriiyti Inter Oomi ; was editor pf the Hnt.lnn 
 liiahiti for three years ; has written a number of boojcs; 
 of which "The World Beautiful," "After Her D^Ath," 
 aiid "From Dreamland ,Senl " are the most famous, 
 the firwt riameil reaching nearly thirty thousand copies 
 Her poetry is as sweet and lender a.-* "her prose writing. 
 
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