OUT OF THE COMMON.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 859, 17 August 1888, Page 7

OUT OF THE COMMON.

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A Scientific Investigation of Occult Telegraphy and Kindred Topics,

Raper No. 6. .(From Religiqrpljilqsqphical Journal.)

A Synopsis of the Physical Droofs Presented in Former Papers—Spirit Return Demonstrated by Scientific Experiments The Conclusion already Necessitated and Abundance of Evidence Yet tq Cqkjst. I shall now taka up seriatim the subordiftQtp propositions under the department of Natural Philosophy or Physics, and briefly refer to the proofs adduced fpr each. Those propositions were all explicitly stated in the first paper, published under date of Decern, ber 31st, ISB7 ; and are quoted therefrom. »1. That the key »U this box is actually manipulated,’ Proved directly, First, By seeing the key operated with tho box open in daylight, and nobody touching any part of the key or box or other apparatus.' Second, By hearing the key operated with the box shut and to situated that uobody could touch it.

Third, By feeling the jar caused when the fiey lever is operated violently, that lever being the puty movable part of the key. ‘ V Tycuyth, Ly the esalp te§t yfiiick demon, stration t'ha't th’e'pre'ssuye ’applied ia not applied by anybody on. the outside, but is jhst .enough apd no more than enough to close the. key .perfectly, at whatever tension it may be adjusted, and then, only when applied at the proper pjaco within the box. Fifth, By ’placing the tips of two fingers, one on each wire at the point where they enter the box, and thus receiving a shoqk fi.-o.pi phe local battery for every dot and dash on the a oilfiller'; ghqw.iijg that the current which operates tho sounder 'first follows one wire into the box, and then follows the other wire out again, and that therefore there is no short circuiting done by secret means outside tho box, but the key lever actually closes the gap between the platinum points to. which these wires run. Sixth, By my sounder having been operated in my own room under such Known conditions that the actual manipulation, of the key In the box was, absolutely necessary thereto. •- . ■ These are some of the proofs, any one. of which is conclusive, and the whole collection is overwhelming. Yet, if any reader desires more, they can easily be found by referring to the previous papers. Indirect proofs will also be inseparably connected with the proofs of other propositions, and what I am now saying of this proposition and its proofs may

be equally as well said of all that follow* singly and combined. ‘2. That the local current cannot be manipulated by any secret device situated outside the box.’ I have proved in several Ways that the local current is not so manipulated. I shall now prove that it cannot be so manipulated. Proved by the fact that the sounder worka perfeotly when suspended in mid-air; with only its proper connections with the key and battery ; In which case no secret connection could be made between said supposed secret device and the sounder. Even'if we suppose tho secret connecting wire to be invisible, its presence would be detected by passing some solid body, say a stick, above, below and all around the sounder. Thus it is shown that there is no material connection between the sounder and anything else, ex* cent by the twq proper wires, one leading to the box and the other to the battery. These are bare copper wires without insulation or any means of secreting anything about them. Bub if we even resort to the extreme supposition that there is a wire within each of these wires, we have gained nothing, since, to be within these wires would confine them to the proper place for wires to run, and they would thus fail to roach the proper location of the supposed secret device. But supposing the secret wires could be invisible after leaving the proper wires, their connection with the sounder would be destroyed by taking all of Mr Rowley’s wires away and substituting other wires. This I have done repeatedly, and the last time by bringing his box to my rooms, I not only substituted other wires, but also other instruments. ‘ The local current,’ therefore, * cannot be manipulated by any secret devices situated outside the box,’ for want of connection therewith. ‘3. That there are no secret wires, springs or other moans intended to be used for that purpose.’ That no secret means are necessary was proved by substituting my box for his, my instruments for his, and my room for his. It is absurd to suppose secret meads without) need or use for them. To prove that they are not needed is to overthrow thq duly bjjt potliesis ' under 1 which’ ' they would 'exist, Mark, Ida not say could exist. If the reader desires to draw the conclusion in tho exact terms'of the premises, he may hold, if he prefers, that secret means can or even do exist, but aro of no use. The words ‘ in. tended to be used ’ will then come in to involve the contradiction that they are ‘ intended to be used ’ but ‘ are of no use,’ and he will at last be driven to my conclusion, ‘ That there are no secret means,’ etc. ‘4. That the key cannot be manipulated by'pressure upon the top, bottom, sides, ends, corners, or any other part of the box, or wires leading to the box.’ Proved by the fact that the key lever has no contact with any part ot the>box or wires leading to the box. Proved also by hundreds of trials by myself and many others, who have pressed gently, severely, sidewise, in a twisting manner, and in all ways upon all parts of the box arid wires and have further tested it by jarring, jerking, rapping, pounding, shaking, and in other ways violently trying it, all of these tests having been applied immed ately before and immediately after the-operating of it in the usual manner under or near to Mr, Rowley’s hand and without aDy altera* tion, made in or about it. ; Proved also by the fact that when the box is down upon the ’table* the-key blosrijs by reason of the iqeptia of thq Kfey lever,’’"quat as' anjr bperatoi.fs key would do, if placed under the conditions hi which' this one is supposed to' be plaqefi.' 'jChis also proved that the key level is in its normal condition, and is 1 free to close if pressure" upim 'the box ooulfi bring anything cpniapt jyjth it, arid that it is actually opeq while tgstp ape taring tried. " ' ' "? 5. That the force which dogs operate tfag key ao’tually ‘ presses upon jffie end bfapprj lever.? ' ■ ’ ' Proved by test with scales, by wbipb it ghpwp, (1) Tha fc there is 4 pressqrg everted : (2), sajd pressure ' js nqt exerted by Mr Rowley or any other body } 13), that said pressure is just enough and nq ipore than enough to close the key, nq matter how tfie key may bo adjusted, and then only wb e ri applied at that particular point. Since less pressure will close it when applied tp the end of the lever than when applied anywhere else, and since it is proven that the key is aotually manipulated, and since, if manipulated at all it must be manipulated by pressure, the conclusion necessitated is that the pressure which the scales show to bo exerted on or about the box )3 exerted exactly at that point iu the box. If the pleasure were exerted anywhere else, it would not be sufficient to close the key. If part of it were exerted at that point and part els- where, it would not close the key. But it has been demonstrated that the kev aotually closes. Therefore, the whole of thp pressure is applied exactly at that ibnntl “«? ff. That there is up niprq pressure with; in the box at that time thafi just enough-fft close the key.' ' Proved by testing with the scales the exact pressure necessary to close, the key when the box is open and the lever is pressed down by the hand,‘and then closing the box and observing on the' scales the pressure exerted' when the key is operated by Dr Wells, or his operator,' John Rife, —'the experiment' being repeated ; with the key variously adjusted ; that is, so as to require sometimes more P7cssure ? sometimes less, and then testing {sometimes first with s>o£ closed and .then with it open,, and at other tines first with the box open arid afterwards closed. . ' , ‘7. That there is a current of animal magnetism within the box when the key is operating which is not there when the key 'ls not operating.’ Proved by the experiment with iron filings explained at length in, Paper No. 3. , See journal dated Jau. 14th., The filings olung ,much more tightly tq tho slate top when the key was in operation than when not, and 'also collected into certain nodes and ridges ludicating that the currents were stronger in the viainity of the spiral wire that crosses the insido of the box, and in two spots, one ever each side of the branoh lever, (To be continued.)