CHAPTER IX

.--THE DAVENPORT BROTHERS, THEIR RISE AND PROGRESS.--

SPIRITUAL ROPE-TYING.--MUSIC PLAYING.--CABINET SECRETS.--"THEY CHOOSE DARKNESS RATHER THAN LIGHT," ETC.--THE SPIRITUAL HAND.--HOW THE THING IS DONE.--DR. W. F. VAN VLECK. 73

## CHAPTER X .--THE SPIRIT-RAPPING AND MEDIUM HUMBUGS.--THEIR

ORIGIN.--HOW THE THING IS DONE.--$500 REWARD. 82

## CHAPTER XI .--THE "BALLOT TEST."--THE OLD GENTLEMAN AND HIS

"DISEASED" RELATIVES.--A "HUNGRY SPIRIT."--"PALMING" A BALLOT.--REVELATIONS ON STRIPS OF PAPER. 88

## CHAPTER XII .--SPIRITUAL "LETTERS ON THE ARM."--HOW TO MAKE THEM

YOURSELF.--THE TAMBOURINE AND RING FEATS.--DEXTER'S DANCING HATS.--PHOSPHORESCENT OIL.--SOME SPIRITUAL SLANG. 96

## CHAPTER XIII .--DEMONSTRATIONS BY "SAMPSON" UNDER A TABLE.--A

MEDIUM WHO IS HAPPY WITH HER FEET.--EXPOSE OF ANOTHER OPERATOR IN DARK CIRCLES. 102

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