the
letters in the name on the same slip. The figures 6952 were found to
be those which had been written. The archbishop stated before the
paper was opened that he did not himself remember the figures he had
put down, and that he had never mentioned what they were to any one.
Mr. Bishop explained that he detected the figures when naming them,
from the unconscious action of the archbishop's mind on his nervous
system as it affected the wire. In the same way he informed the
archbishop correctly that the name of a deceased person written in the
enclosed piece of paper was Sir Walter Scott. Mr. Bishop also
furnished illustrations of the manner in which sounds were produced
from instruments of music, and bells rung by persons tied with their
hands and legs to seats, and how, even in that situation, he could put
a ring upon a handkerchief placed round his neck--a feat which had
been considered impossible by one fastened as he was, without the
loosing of the knots of the cords with which he was bound. His last
exposure was the Katie King mystery, the calling of 'material spirits'
from the other world, and exhibiting them in the room. This
performance puzzled the audience as much as any of the others while it
proceeded, and the explanation given of it was as amusing as it
turned out to be ingenious.

Another spiritualist exposure recently created a sensation in
"spiritualistic circles," by the detection of a medium fraud in
Portland, Maine, United States. Doctors Gerrish and Greene, of
Portland, were instrumental in bringing about the issue. The medium in
question was a female, who, after hiding herself behind a screen in
the corner of her parlour, was enabled to send out "spirits" for the
inspection of her select audiences. Attired in the ordinary way, she
would allow her skirts to be pinned to the floor; and while she was
seated upon a stool, the lower portion of the screen being some
distance from the floor, the audience were invited to satisfy
themselves that the medium did not move from her position. Dr. Greene,
on one occasion, while the so-called spirit was moving around, asked
it to shake hands. This request being granted, he firmly grasped the
hand, and found the spirit to be the medium herself, who struggled in
a very unbecoming way to free herself. While Dr. Greene thus secured
the medium, Dr. Gerrish quickly drew the screen aside, and discovered
the apparel of the lady in a heap at the foot of her stool, and still