Show o FROM THE SPIRIT WORLD W T Stead the London author and editor declares he has talked with the spirit of the late William E Gladstone and ana an that the latter approves the budget now before the people of the United Unite Kingdom The rho incident forces upon the attention a very Interesting situation No one who has followed the career of Mr Stead will for a moment charge him with Insincerity or believe he has been easily fooled tooled Also per person person person son knows that Mr Stead is not alone In believing that messages from the de do departed departed parted come back to their friends in this world Men of far too great intelli intelligence gence gopee have confidently expressed their belief b lIet In that doctrine for any man to give it a blank denial And yet vet what shall we do when I strong partisans call up the t e shades of departed statesmen and report them themas as approving or disapproving public measures under discussion by the peo people people pie pleIn In such case Is Js It not incumbent Inc on the other side to have a medium of equal power who shall got get contrary opinion from the shades of still other departed statesmen Does It not com corn compel pel pol a general pretense of having held inverse with the vanished whose opinions ions Jons In life were considered valuable Granted that Mr Stead is honest In his hiR statement and that he has used all al available effort elfort at Inquiry before he ac that message as a true word vord frum his departed depart d friend Will it no noT not T ake necessary a rival lifter of the Veil uit it |