Show ELIASON NO MEDIUM and yet he can paint bouquets ot flowers between slates the following letter from a spiritualist appeared in the evening press oscar eliason who einns himself medium by the aid of tricks tells you who and what he is lie denies the true honest medium power influenced by advanced spirits epi rits and submit his constituted powers of medium snip to the low degradation of wicked or trifling spirits by whom through himself as a medium many of the same wonders are performed as are by the truthful medium he doeg not mention iu his bill any of his especial wonders except independent elate writing ula other wonderful acts are included in the great word all the acts of honest mediums and he calls frauds independent slate writing is one of the many wonderful things that mortals cannot perform in the difficult dav spirits do there is no law by which mortals can write between double slates cleansed screwed and sealed to cether between these slates long communications aie written and often in different colors and not only this but on thin porcelain ties laid between the slates are painted in various colors boquete of flowers landscapes etc and signed by names foreign to the medium some of these facts are in possession of the writer bills say independent slate writing thoroughly explained 1 who can possibly believe euch a statement when no medium or mortal can understand how it is done writing between slates screwed together eliason does not know how it is doneald done and there fore cannot explain it I 1 am quite sure that if oscar eliason cari exhibit his wonderful power he is a medium and because he can make more copey by tho dishonest use of this magnificent ent power ho ia willing to sacrifice principle for the sake of gain and he will moat assuredly reap what he bows sows NOW those who exult in the expose of spiritualism who will not believe the truth aro receiving the same through a lie st paul says god shall send them strong delusions that they should believe a lie that they may be damned who believed in the truth etc bonx A JOST if mr jost deserea to back up hie opinion that eliason cannot so completely expose the sham and duplicity of all mediums and spirit manifestations that a belief in their supernatural per natural power or production cannot rind lodgment in any sensible and logical mind all he has to do is to see man a peery and make a email deposit and these published in tho salt lake tribune will 10 made good hr harry H walte medium by abe gift doar siri accept your challenge and have deposited with mr charles B burton manager as follows that I 1 will on next sunday evening at the salt lake theater raise a table in the bame way as anna eva fay and without tho aid ot spirits you to put up a like sum if I 1 fail the money to go to any charity mayor baskin shall name it I 1 succeed your money goes OSCAR ELIASON medium by the aid of tricks salt lake city april 23 1894 so 2 I 1 will deposit with manager burton that 1 can reproduce duplicate or expose without the aid of angel spirit or devil any and all the so called spirit manifestations produced by H II 11 waito after 1 have seen them performed three times OSCAR medium by the aid of legerdemain THE REASON or IT abo reason that spirit frauds are al lowed to go about the country unchallenged is because a person once in possession of these secrets finde it more profitable to credit their powers to supernatural per natural agencies in other words will pay more for being bum d than for being enlightened they like mystery all men but atheists believe in the supernatural how easy then it is to dupe them and how they love it I 1 lie however howe vei does not expect to reclaim many of elioso who have fallen into the spiritualistic frog pond but be doea propose to eair it up thoroughly that every unprejudiced eye can see just what there is in it he never before attempted to lav bare all its shams confining himself to a few of tha most difficult testa performed by mis fay now he will ebare nothing but will expose all mediums mental test spirit photography developing mediums sealed letter reading and will explain by liala a dozen ways alato writing and EU plainly that any boy can practice it |