"The company retained their positions with hands joined, and the 'Spirits' were repeatedly requested to make their presence known. Mr. Pepper, at the suggestion of the 'medium,' asking the 'Spirit' of his friend, Henry Seybert, to manifest its presence by one rap--but all efforts to elicit such response proved ineffectual. "When the same experiments were resumed, the lady proceeded to the space _between the side-board and the wall_, where the last preceding test had been made, and there the tumblers were again arranged. The 'medium' resumed her position upon them, with Drs. Leidy and Koeing, and Messrs. Sellers and Furness facing her. "The 'MEDIUM.' Will the Spirit rap here? "Twenty-three seconds elapse. "DR. LEIDY. Is any 'Spirit' present. "An interval of thirty-nine seconds here followed, when the attention of the Committee was momentarily diverted by an inquiry addressed to Mr. Furness by Mr. Sellers, viz.: Whether a glass plate of sufficient strength to bear the weight of the 'medium' was procurable. At this moment the 'medium' suddenly exclaimed: 'I hear a rap. You said, "Get a glass," and there was a rap.' "The 'MEDIUM' (repeating for the information of Mr. Furness). Somebody proposed a glass and there were three raps. "Dr. Koenig inquires of the 'medium' whether the meaning intended to be conveyed by the sounds is that the 'spirits' desire to have the glass plate produced. "The 'MEDIUM.' I do not know. I know there were raps. (Turning to Mr. Sellers, the 'medium' adds:) They may have been made by your heel on the floor, but certainly there were sounds. "MR. FULLERTON. Then it was not the regular triple rap? "The 'MEDIUM.' I could not tell. "Just before calling attention to the alleged rap or raps, the 'medium' grasped with her right hand the wood-work of the side-board, as if for support. It was then that she stated she heard the sounds. They were apparently not heard by any one but the 'medium.' "MR. SELLERS (addressing the 'spirit'). Will you repeat the raps we heard just now, assuming that there were some? "Ten minutes elapse without a response. "The 'MEDIUM.' There is no use of my standing any longer, for when they come at all, they come right away. "MR. SELLERS (after scrutinizing the position of one of the feet of the 'medium'). The edge of the heel of the shoe rests on the back tumbler. (Assuming a stooping posture for a more prolonged scrutiny.) We will see whether the raps will be produced now. "The 'medium' now proposes that all the members of the committee shall stand up and join hands. "Mr. Sellers and his associates accordingly stand, facing the 'medium,' with hands joined. Changes in their positions were made by some of the gentlemen from time to time, as suggested by the 'medium,' Mr. Pepper and Dr. Koenig being the first to exchange places. This occurred after a silence of thirty seconds, without any response.