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Show 'A SCENE NOT ON THE BILL. !Tlie Philarit !p!iia Times rcpnr! u reDi..rki.b;H tpiiiui.il mstierializdiiun . si-ance given m ttin'. city reii.t'y by a medium nameU K iltrtn at Circle hall. Previous to the entry of the mediuui tlie cabinet waj eimn-intd eimn-intd uud lound to contain nolhioK , but a chir, Mr. Winner, a cou-iBcieutiuua cou-iBcieutiuua Bpirituulist, mauned the Beance. Alttr Mr. Roberta liad been in the cabinet a few momenta a luiini-cai luiini-cai hark wjb h?ard and Mr. Winner announced that Wl ite i'lowcr, t he Iud.au maiden, 1ml arrived. The curtain was thrown back, and Wuile Flower was visible. She naiailireu in a beautifully fringed and gilded dreeu and aheve her moccasina glia-tened glia-tened her copper colored aokka. She lalkt-d brokea Eagliau, and the audi ence, one. by one, walked up to take a peep at her. Mb'd FUV IDENTIFIED. Then appeared a heaulitul maiden! spirit, dreastd entirely in white, with Iodk block buir hanging over one shoulder. Mr. Winner positively recognized re-cognized bur us the spirit ot Mina Fry, "a beautiful young lady of Iriih deacent, Who died seven weeks ayo, 0 and whom I knew intinuitly." tine was nuw in the spirit world and cnti 1 sequcuily could not eland much li;ht. I tiho walked around, Ukiog Mr. Win-I Win-I rifir'fl nrm in d nrFKciited frp.ih roaes and geranium leaves, will, the dews of heaven upnn them, to Indies in the auiiicnce. "Whore is the modium all thia lime?" sa;d a loud-voiced skeptic, alter Miei Fry's epirit bad retired. "In the corner ot the cabinet," re plied Winner, "and prob-ibiy by this ti mo ho baa bwcome en weak he has fallen oil the chair and 011 to tbu tluor. I will ehow you." The credulous old ' gentleman thou walked into the cabi net, and, carrjing Roberta' limp to.ui out, seated it 011 a chair, with a "6.m, gentlemen!" But, wonderful to relate, the euleehled medium sprang to biu feet, and, in a voice by no means weak, exclaimed, "I defy any man lu find a Bcrap of clothing or anything injlbat cabinet " Tbo cabinti wai then examined. Nothing was there but the chair. "Nuw," aaid the me dtum, throwing up his uands and 1 raiting hie voi.'e, "I pronouuee thi--whflle thiug v. fraud. I, personatid the spirits myself." At once the audience au-dience .was in an uproar. "Hurrah," shouted the skeptics. "Prove it," cried the Spiritualists. "I Lhought I would anticipate aa expobure the Times reporter proposed making ol uiv materialization. I will tell you j all if you .will only take your aeali. j I wore the epirits' dreBaes under my every day clothing. Here," taking off hi shoes and stockings, "are White Flower's moccasins and her copper colored aukiea. Here," open ing his Bhirt in front, "is White 1 Flower's beautiful dress." MATERIALIZATION A HUMBUG. "I carried all the clothing about me, and I pronounce ail materialization materializa-tion mediums humbugs." Mr. Win ner, his face deadly pale, had by this time retired to a roar room. "The Blisses are frauds," continued Mr. Roberts, "and they confessed it to me. They have borrowed my spirit clothes, 'and so has Mary D'Holian, the won-jderful won-jderful medium, to represent spirits at j Colonel Case's house. At t hat remarkable re-markable eeauce given by the Blisses 'since the Times' exposure I was pres lent, and, by prearrangement, I iu-'sisted iu-'sisted that Mrs. Bliaa should go under I teat conditions." She was osamined by a conimit.ee ol ladies. I handcuffed hand-cuffed her and kept the key, but handed her a duplicate one, and while inthecabinet with her I undressed, and taking my spirit clothing from my person, banded them to her. They are all frauds and materialization materializa-tion is a humbug." Then Mr. Rob erts hurried out of the hall. Th scene was now one of great disorder; a majority of the spiritualists preaeni frankly admitted that they had been deceived. To Tiia Eiutoi; of the Sis. have just attained my fifteenth year, j and a few weeks ago received an oiler of marriage. I did not give a direct ' answer to the proposal, and siucetbat 1 time my mind has been in a state of utter uncertainty. The cau3 of my indecision is this: The man who seeks my heart and hand has hone of my atlectioi)?, and 1 am certain, ludging from his appearance, that his nge is forty-eight or tiny. Yef he telU me that bo is on'y twenty-two. He lias not wealth or eiiueitnon or good looks', and his temper is i ry acid. He is. without doubt. Hie most unamiable person I have tsvr met, and is avuided tiy all. Having theiu unfavorable qualities before me, you may wonder why I hesitate tu give him a decided answer in tho uCfj-itiva. My reaion ib a good one. I know it is po&iible ! Lhat I may nol receive another offer of marriage, aud I have a mortal dread of being an old maid.' Mr. Editor, I would not be an old maid on any account. Il I marry this person, ii oiLiat be at once, aud without niy parents' knowledge, as my position in life is far above his, and they would not consent to our uniou. Anxieiy. Don't think for a moment of marry ing him. ' If be misrepresents bid age, he is ft fraud; and if you so greatly dislike 'him, yon Will be miserable as his wife. Besides, you will do utterly wrong 11 you marry without consulting consult-ing your parents. A girl at filteen need have no fear of being an old maid. When you get twice that age, you may begin to he troubled on that account, though there are many worse stateB than that of a single woman; wo-man; for instance that of a wife with a husband ehe dislike. N Y. Sun. |