UNCANNY MYSTERY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 703, 31 December 1909, Page 6

UNCANNY MYSTERY.

AMAZING FEATS BY ITAUAN PEASANT. SCIENTISTS BAFFLED. 1 Ens'apia Palladiho is a verylremarknble woman.- She is now.over fifty years of age, and is the daughter of an: Italian peasant, illiterate,, unable-to, reatf, oivto -write more, than lier own name. SjYet for many years she. has been a .baffling puzzle to'.tlie scientific men of Europe;; Some ;first:^attraoted'attention .because: of tlio extraordinary spiritualistic phenomena said ;to :'havo' taken '.placetthrough' her; medium6hip. l j!At that time; her., uncanny vpowers were subjected to the'most stringent scrutiny 'byf men of European renown- versed■; in the! occult. But they . could make ilittlo of her. ' Sir Oliver Lodge_ at that,,time expressed liis conviction tfiat Eusapia possessed somo' tSu^ernaturalVpower,-affecting; raalttei;',' bywhich ..she ;was. able - to 'produei! ■ movements v.of material. objects . without any ascertainable, agency, and, still more; produce matter,? without -any: ascertainable source of supplj. i .This, woman's- case aroused imrqbnse interest, and greut controversy at-tike time, ; but Jafter her; methods: Hfiidib'eeri. carefully watched by a . group of experts at Cambridge, she, was, dropped; except 'by Continent® observers; who still.. continue ' to. make a study of her marvellous'powers. Last, iyear ihe Society, for-Psychical Research , again,: took up • .the . investigation, and appointed ,the Hon. :Edward Feilding,. the.secretary :of the Bociety, to for; anothor, thorough inq wry;-. This 'was done..=in . a -series .of : seances.' conducted begiven:,,in I :;detail of the society, but Mr.l?eild : iig lias whetted th'e appetite: of the publiclby con-' itributingra. most_ interesting, account of his experiments', in tho current (number of tho "Nineteenth Century."; jr. . •. .. Precautions Against 'Fraud.

; :pcrieiicK,i(.in ':■ subhimatters;'',who; ! 4m .-fact,'; >atf bohjur- ■ ■ : -^%vTlje^;apprbachM : :the;-;inTei:i;ißatioii' ;in ■ a', spirit' of;, complete';; scepticism, r born , °f A?ng :oi^sorCaUed?mediuiiis/o-'.'l'heyi-lielii eleyeii : ;seMces%ihVa; ; bedr(i6lm' J .6n: ; ihß; ; fifth!!flbbr^df ; any;ho'tel;:vth6;chaM 'pajedjby 'the-committee; and 'seariihed:be-' Jforejeyeryf sitting.'^Across*:the;c(irher'' : of ithe'i.iopin';..we^:hrii% l ' ; ;at''theVnJediijlm'B:-rS' ': quest, is'ays. ;Mr^Feilding,' r twd • thin' black;icurtainsi 1 Atriangular'il; r"reoess;"icanedathe.;:;^ •!we,;-placed' -a;;.'s'mall' 'round; ; fea-tallle,;:and. -npon^itß/placedfiTanbusvtoys^wllictfiwb'' bought in;Naples,!a■tambbu'ri'n<;"jlJagco- 1 > let,^a ! ;toy:i:piano;i;a;:tvumijeti;;a ; jtea-belli : and % ;so :forth. y tlio ;rbom ; only; in•;.the;!^company;;"bf;/the-coramittec,; :and; ; neyer.:lbbted. behind .did'moti'knbff.rjwhat' had'.sbeen;'aTrahged:: 'therbr'l Outside':it:was'placed'-aipibaU'ob-' ■lbhgj table;;,;; Eusapiiv" herself atcone ; end; of; this -table,-with' -'her' bacii; to '■: the ! ;6urtiiin;^the i ; ; bbbk:'bfftherschair|fdis'tniit: ;frbm.. ; the,' i Curtairi;.about.;a';fobt;b 3nchcs.':i ! ::'One': of Aus;satvbri-'each':;jjside V;of. ;:her,; hbiaihpher::hands;;^it.h?bursv'and. ' controlling-:Tier.•feet-vwith; ; bur>le£s •■'ahd; ,feet,:■ while:;.biiicertamibcbasibhs■!a' third i!was;v:under;;:the;:i;teblb;;hbldihg ; :'iier, '•■.feet'' 'withshis ;'■ handsaw;.. 5%} 'ifethe :''Niileteentb.: Century" ;;many f instances;" of ;;;Easapia's startling Jp'ower/-ofi;table-tellingy l aJßd.i cur-. :'tain:;:bmging.yVitpne':Vextraqrdinary S'p.heT; , invisible; object; Athat vis,; while ';tSe;•■ light' ::was«stTongLenough/:to,i'seefthel;f;a£a:';and' hands: J bf-vEusapiai" Iwe'.i w^r'e ; ;'>: constantly' touched'.; on:: the, |'arrri; ;y shoulder;;! Sir-head: ;by:;sbme'thingviwHich-;;we'?bbUld : ;Jiotv;see; ■ even ; ;thbu'gh:;-we ■'might be '■ looking ;iii-:thb* direction whence;it;tbucjied ufebiltwhich; ;felti;thej:finger 7 tips^';:;:; ;^ ?;S ° I s?S|o h<vd " ■ ::yAprbpbs ; 4flf ■>; this/'vMri; .'.'Keidiiig" • "cott-\ IttEues'f^';!';t< v ;i t .»-^•?;'' !: '.¥v'"i ; ' i^-H'i*i ij i'CThe;'•': develbpineiit fi; .jvasS ;grasps" 'thrbugh?.thej When. Iv;say;;hands,' ; l;m ; ean : 'palp'ablb;:-apjiarently ilivingSHauusV w'irhSfihgers '; ! ;and *' nails,--■us^on'-the'farrn,•■"■'shoulder,'; :he'adif ocburred'llt; times; ;iwhejl;:;:We'v,wc're¥ ;Eusapia'6. i ;;held ■'oa't.thb'itablo/ii' ; front; of • ; lierJp ; ;-JAyj:j teThe 'be-. .;cbrred'i; tbiine' : ;is; among riche;; phenomena; ;the ;| t'able'jf uithest' rßaggally; -• had;; fbr ; i spm'e.'if tiniie.S tfeon;.yfe-] 'pprting.vthat -something: frb]n;;belkindv;the, it. /cAt.last'illtbldiEusapia;.that'll- wanted: ' tbrstand'-: at>:tho.i;side'6bf ■■the':: tablb;Hwl; :h'bld.?my-shaSd'f^ ;her;;head;v : Vtipsi;. "of ■>. my; several,! ■timibjv.im'y; : first*- fingbrVvwas." v then' '■ seiaed ;;by,;'iin:'abp'a- j aM^^hMb.' : :n^ ; flesh ;;iaid»;thbn;4heslower^:part ; ,bf' was-seized vaMipressed ;jbyvwhat. .'appearedytbVbb ', the jsbft.-part;.of ja/iahd.'i Eusapia's- two: hands;;we're -sejparaiely.held-; ;;by<;Messrs."'.Carrihgtbn : ;andXßaggally,;:ono;; : p>;Mb"table3Vand.ibhef;her^ SvylsiblbyH^ds^aridj;q.ueer;C.Cibl ;;'AThe ; ihands ■'. becambvyisiblfi.j'JThey' fgljicrally;'; : ;thbugh;:ibt";'iilwaysi; ap^pearbd..betiiveen tie: .parting.i.bff'ahe'. eurWus'/ioyer.v'lin'sapki's; ;'ances;vsometimes ; ;bfia.deadij paper,, white; ,k>meHmesCbflftv;;nataral<.colbur;;j[:j;;V;:^

■v>r'Besides-.ther;visibie>ands/; : ,'clear7ahd "distinct, ; jthere i wereValsp '".more: bus'kihdsjHn- theniselyes^of.tlie-niost'sns-": lbbked.vl'ike ; .handfu]s^ ■ likes sihallY'headscattfffi^^ bodies,;*which jfrbm;;i.tliep middle; selves ybyer;-' our Stable ;t' shadowy!;-' things ; made ,of> cobweb j< that; sho't'iwitfcjextrehie: rapidity^Varid;/ silence; ;frbm;-ithe'i[sideJ.of; ithe? andf as"; quickly^.with'foew.;; if. i '■■ ifJCliereVwbreL'also ?, other':' I 'J* : ;fieUast..wluch"K^ ;ihbyemehtsi?._b£ ?„objects^'butsiae''y(be , ;,cur- I itairi,- 1 at ; ;frbmKEusapiajiof t from' :onel:to:,thri»:'£eet3l ; :^afc!/c'hieijy';-bf : :)a J'tlib 'about''; a-yard- fro'iu : .'Busapia>; She: extended 4ier;!ha'nd;|;held';by?fc :wards''it, : /but:-^ :feet,'^^ ,; 'and''presently'; 'fit .'.'■tie Stime; ( i was] standingi-'clpselLtpvitW.; ;6tpbl;s;pa'ssed;,';his; ;hand"round[':; itLseveral; ; iftMdv.ngr-attach- 5 ;:'ment','.vbu.t;itTco^ ;men i i hei removed;; his j-iand. .v'TLere ;.wa's. SindJ, the i ;ing.f.np\:at ; ;the,.end. : ,bfvthej;&ble:j furthest v abbuii I, five'; ■pro-six:?feet ;;f rbniS; the/.'s tool^i;;;; : jWfMij® Complete \yi: Uytii^jfif'4^";^y .i*4&!will^*irii;Conclusibn^s^:>oi|e^thing^ imdrel?,'.' While.*r!;'haybvcbnyihceSKmyself. of: the;realtiy,'of• these'pheppmenii, jand/bf.;' •tKb;existerice-of;some■ force nb^iyjit-gener-; 'ally irecbgnised; which" is'''able';lto^ impress': ;itsel£:!on':-v'matter^and':^'.tp'''-Vsim;^ato:;.bii ;'createVthe : ';:app'eaTan(^ : j\bfvmatteb, : : -Kre-: ;fraui'i ; f6r i :"itha.f present? frbteC spijculating; ;upbn v itsVnature,v Tot this ; speculation-that; the . v whole'}jhterejjt.''Q'f the ;'6ubject..licsifsThWoKiß^ .as it-;:am.ycbnfi.dbhtj wo: areVSto" presuppose'-: .bnc^thorx-tkattv^:mere;;;.cpnjuriiig—must. •either;r(»ide;iin.'.the/'mediurii.herself'nhd '•'b(!( : bfi'thb^.natnre ; "pfi'an.tpxtensibii' of :many ; facnlty s^ .'rbcoghised.vor ■mustibß'Sforce;hllving'ita :;b'rigmv^iny;Someffiing;:>a^^ ■ gent;, i and •• y cxteraal 'ys to ■ o her j , : v jtiper'ating. either:'directly., from.itself,''Jor'ihi directly,'; ■through,''■':or: in^^s ; .cbnjunbtibn : 'wiijh,'"so'mo; ispecial;-attribute- bf-ibef^orgahis'itiiiHThe' phenomena .'then—in'- i.tb'em'seive'sfepropbs- ; tero'us',;' : f utile,.-.and t'lackihc-iih-atty', tiu'al-: ■ity ; -of/Jthe";smallest, ethicalir.reliliious,;.or' symp- '; tomatic-of;;something; -which,- "•■'pijtYat i .its lpwest ; S>y : : ;thp: first'', hypothesis;: ■ ; must^as;^it;'filters ::conimbh-: ; ;,kndwledge,;S : mbst':Vpiploundlyv ;nibdify,.:-the!''whblo';:ofVou'rit)hiloijbphy.;^ : hypothesis');is•found l ; insufficient, j mayAil-' ; : timatciy ; <tb/'reciuire: :; iin''/mter-; ■nambiy.HaSeh'arigeyiu;- bur';-, conception--of;