The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-08-26

MIR. Homes --latest Achieyeinents-Mid~
Air Suspensions.

MIR. Homes --latest Achievements-Midl
Air suspensions.
Lord Lindsay sends the following ex-
traordinary story to the Spiritualist
con the evening of the 18th of July,
| was showing some experiments in my
laboratory to Lord Adare, Mr. Berghe-
i'm, Mr. Home, and my brother in-law.
1t occurred to me to try If Home was
able to see magnet in the dark. This
is an experiment which | believe was
made by Relchenbach, and although,
like myself, he was never able to dis
tinguish the light, yet he found num-
Der of persons. who did see it under
test conditions / asked Mr.. Home,
and he expressed himself willing to try
the experiment. | then took into one
of Hy rooms, which was totally dark, Il
large permanent magnet, and having
removed the armature, l placed it on
the floor near the wall, at a considerable
distance from the door. Mr.. Home
was then brought into the room and
remained standing near the door for
| some moments.
| He then said that he saw some sort
of light on the floor in the corner the
room, and Immediately said to me
"Glve me your hand, and [ will show
you exactly where [ see it. He then
led me straight across the room, and
without the least hesitation stopped
down and placed my and on the mag
net. / have been trying for more than
| two years TO get a satisfactory result Ill
/ this experiment, but hitherto with only
doubtful success. The instrument
used was Il large compound magnet
capable of sustaining Il weight of twen-
ty pounds. | may mentien that on an
other occasion | was sitting with Mr..
Home and Lord Adare, and 4 cousin OF
his. During the sitting, Mr.. Home
went into q trance, and III that state
was carried out of the window into the
room next to where we were, and was
brought in ut our window. The dis
lance between the windows was about
seven feet SIX inches, and there was not
the slightest foothOld between them,
nor was there more than a twelve-inch
projection to each window, which serv-
ed az a ledge to put flowers on. We
heard the window IN the next room lift
ed up, and almost Immediately after We
saw Home floating in the air outside oul
window. The moon was shining full
into the room, my back was to the
light, and | saw the shadow on the wal
of the window-sill, and Homes feet
about six inches above it. He remain.
ed IN this position for a few seconds
then raised the window and glided into
the room feet foremost and sat down
Lord Adare then went into the next
room to look DIT the window from which
he had been carried. 1t was raised
about eighteen inches, and he expressed
his wonder how Mr.. Home had beer
taken through so narrow an aperture
Home sald(still in trance): :" [ will show
you;" and then, with his back TO the
window, he leaned back and was sho
out of the aperture head-frst, with the
body rigid, and then returned quit,
quietly. The window is about seventy
feet from the ground. / very mucl
doubt whether any skillful tight rop,
dancer would like to attempt feat o
this description, whore the only means
of crossing would be by perilous leap
or being borne across IN such man
ner as | have described. placing tho
question of the light aside