Washington Standard

WONDERFUL PHENOMENA.—It appears that Dr. Slade is not going to visit this place, and a brief description of what the Portland Standard reporter saw, when he called on the renowned medium, may not be uninteresting. He states that in broad daylight Dr. Slade performed some truly wonderful feats, such as lifting the writer and chair by some hidden power, playing an accordion with one hand, lifting the table, making a slate fly from one side of the table to the other and back, etc. Among the most surprising manifestations was the slate-writing. A small piece of slate pencil was placed upon an ordinary slate and another slate put over it. Almost immediately the pencil began to write, its marking being plainly heard to the end. On examining the slate, part of it was found to be filled with Greek, punctuated and accented, from the Acts of the Apostles, signed O.K., and a short Latin maxim signed L.B. Previously the spirit of Dr. Slade's wife had written some brief remarks on the subject of spiritualism in English. A lady who was present wrote on a slate, so that it was impossible for Slade to see it, "Have I any friends in Heaven?" and then turning the slate with the writing down, put a piece of pencil upon it, and took the slate herself, and after holding it under the table for a short time, withdrew it to find written in a strange hand on the opposite side to which she had originally written, "I hope you have many friends in Heaven." These are the facts, and while we are no believer in Spiritualism, we have to admit our inability to present our readers with any intelligent solution.