The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-12-05

Linguished African explorer and nAtufaiiss, /
Mr.. P. u. Dn Chaillu, Of New York, uillAee-
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I8ss ". w. JAnIEa0S,
dec4 & Chairman Lecture Commitfe.
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PLAscHErrr Upon this subject much he's
been written Of late and much mors has
been said.
Ii has not only engaged the attsstion q
many thoughtful minds. but it has served -
an amusing and excellent pastime for thous-
ands who do not feel disposed to investigates
tho matter very thoroughly.
Opinion 10 very mach divided - TO vhstA
ser f.iS u 10 NOT husb.s. The writer =
- sssicls repablished il E0ery Sses1l
hs,ds Ii, ,pisce' "a Tbrse>L ssssl lapos.
Tor" and disclAims 81 belief in even ~
magnetic power. II M
1, Ike aashos 81 = srtiois = ~ ssasst sa-
ld.lSd M Acaaaina4pps viii P1aathStts, !"
publuhed ID he Aseass number of Lrpsn-
solfs keeazise asdnees HE ceoslosssas -
foAoNs: 4Ms wsa ~
/. l'h.s Plsschet.s Il Dependents spss The
came principle - The turning tabls" for ~
notion. z, on the pecul'sr power Of GER
tain persons. Into this subject cannot q
present enter. Ii has been done fully bJ
! Count Agener de Gnsparn, and IN Dr !.
| f.sdaife's work on Mesmer'sm a. Applied TO
Surgery,
Q. That after motion is obtained, the IN
,slligent motion is the result of thought and
! ,elu. either conscious. or unconscious.
,. That the stronger viii controls 10 al
cases.
s 4. That Planchette answe rs nothing which
| the tmediums" do not kao,c or guess. Th,.
accounts for ito wild predictions and laughs
| BILE blundsrs.
4 i. ~ I'D 70 issski y yin .sa.urally writa
nothing until there BE- clear thought in tbs
/ mind
4 In ~ DGeober number Of Imnarr'i
-Xagosinc We End IN article entitled PLAN
Ghetto in Nss Chalaesss," ~ sathor Q
,xhich seams 70 hAys. trsatad Ais sshjaes frou
: scientific st.adpoint- He saJs: ..Ths er,
ShisA began tish Assmsr, proessdini
throuh the various stages Of biology, spirit
rapping, table-tipping, clairvoyance, and 9th
ii modern mystic Developments, has svolvst
. n.w phase in Planehetis. Such vague in
dicatious ~ raps, such pou1erous nachiner1
40 heavy tables might be deiusiye. This lit
tie hearl-shaped board certainly contains nj
trick Of spring, or wire, which may lnpos'
upon the conhiisg. A single and pal
of common castors, with Fsbsr's pencil
No. 2. furnish you with the required mocha
nism. You know you are honest yourse II
Some OF you bsys ifiendssa whose probit
you can coD6de ~ thoroughly = in yoar own
In. the iDs,Aacss shich ~ propose y 1--WE
exactly - they occurred, - SDan Aays q,
dosb. of ths good iaiA II ~ osdsAsrs
With my owl hands on ~ is11tashA
woaid Asvs BEEN IMP ! asli - -,
guidance Of the inasAins by he aasssls
force Sithe vob4k14s q AvohnQt4 y6fih,
{ rn eSS& Bo.s TfsbA &Skins ~ s6tce,
under the hssda Of three rsspie upon the i
strumens, each with definite thought in hi
nind, which vss not ID No lees. the comm
n,ca,ion written by the pencil. =
We are all conscious oil the existence Of in
vola utaly vascular aud nervous sction, an
we are hkssae cosnizant Of an activity O
the brain, undir.cted BY will, such as
shown in the rawlings Of delirium, and tn
curious phenomenn Of dreams: therefore
leaving altogether aside the supernatural the
DRY, we would wish to see the subject grapple
with on purely scientific grounds
i We give below some Of the strange state
menss Of the magnetic agent, as copied irof
the above article:
Our PIanche,,e frequently separates word
! completely, goes back and dots ~ IL VII
precision, writes figures, ard returns to pu
: tho mark : before them; and on enc occasio
bsing requested to DO somsthing beyond i
: ability, wrote, = am not = to that.
Bss,dss this, il Invariably makss . perio
. VIXEN Ii has doue writing sentence, occs
I sioaally employs commas, and frequently b
, been known to insert IN spostrophe, aud I
put thu pfopsr accent over ! Ftsnsh vovs
: all une psctedls to the people whose hand
! were upon the board, they being unaware
Q What. il, Vas ~riling, and sssn engaged in cor
!, ssrsalion upon y different topic, at thu sam
Time.
have seen il draw rough caricatures !.
people, making the eyes aud ears in The rigt
places, without any guidance, and in one cas-
adding a hat 10 one head after the outline VI
!, completed. In contradiction to the othe
theory Of The tippiacoit writer, that It is a
ways controlled BY the strongest intelligenc
in the roo,u, will state that we have know
il 10 give connnndrum that bad never bee
heard by any one Of the party; then give ID
answer, and finally, in the teeth of orr unite
reservations to the contrary, to affirm that
could never rive any but stAls onss, a
!. that the question and snswer we're IN I'll on
n minds, which they emrhaticaly were moi
! On one oceAsion. being asked y write poetry
a Planchette wrote the frss lines of "Thsna
], Itapsis, vkieh wess lot consciously IN q
/ minds OF ANY 81 tiose pssssat; and what "
. more peculiar, wrote the word natural IN
! stead Of risiole in the second line, : nissak
, patsD. 70 Al Who knew The posm--a sscon
time eontfoverting the theory sf the Lippin
colt writer, that its errors are those Of th
( minds employed, shish oostradic.ion ID cor
6rn,ed in thu fact that when asked IN writ