The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-02-20
GtreGt.telEigerter.
An out.oi.the- Way Philosopher.

We had call yesterday from Mr..
HENRY KoRNER, o resident Of Captina,
Ohio. MIR. KoRNER Is an intelligent Ger.
man, over sixty years Of age, who spent
syouth In roaming round the world but
who has lived on q farm down at Capuna
for the last twenty years. he has Tor q
few years past devoted much study and
Investigation to scientific matters, and has
had the German peculiarly Of becoming
greatly absorbed In his experiments. He
claims to have gone to the bottom Of
splrituAlism and demonstrated to his own
entire satisfaction that Its phenomena are
properly explained by animal magnetism.
He made numerous experiments to sat.
isfy himself on this point, and the re.
suit Is that he Is fully satisfied
that he Is correct. He found after
trying other conductors Of electricity,
such as water and the metals,
without effect, that he could place his
hand around the leg Of table that was
In motion and by touching the body OF
some by.stander conduct the magnetism
away from the table and stop its move
ments altogether. This he has done so
repeatedly as to reduce it to a certainty.
He also found that by placing silk cloth
on table, and laying the hands Of those
present on top Of it, all motion was pre-
vented, silk being well known non-con.
ductor.
The strangest feature, however, Of Mr..
KoRNRR's investigations Is his discovery
Of the fact, for such he claims It to be,
that II the eyes Of parties sitting around
q table are closed the table will not move.
This curious circumstance he. says Is
owing to the fact that the eye Is mega.
live" to the positive" oxygen OF the at
mosphere, and when 1t is closed the cir.
cult Is broken and the table cannot be
inducted or charged. Hence there is no
manifestation under such circumstances.
The same effect is produced by binding
the eyes OF those sitting around the table
with silk handkerchiefs.
Mr.. KoRNER also states that no relia.
BILE answer to question can be obtained
from the humping Of table leg on the
floor, unless there are parties present
who first evolve the answer from their
own minds. In other words, that some
party present must not only know but
must consciously or unconsci ously elimi.
nate the answer from bis or her mind
Otherwise the answer Is mere guess work:
This fact also he has abundantly demon
strated. The operation Of the brain Is an
electrical operation, and is transmitted
through the mediumship oil the oxygen
Of the air TO the table. There Is q won.
derGul subtitle relation between the brain
or Nervous Centre OF the human organi.
zaaon and the oxygen Of the air. Mr..
KoRNER calls oxygen the nerve Of the
air." and nitrogen Its filligree. The world
is only beginning to understand their
bearings upon phenomena hitherto as.
cribed to other agencies.
We found Mr. KoRNER TO be an intelli.
gent gentleman not only upon this
interesting subject but upon other
questions connected with scientific mat.
ters. Considering the fact that he is an
entirely selt.educated man. and that he
lives on a farm, and simply reads scien.
tifc works and makes researches and ex.
perlments by himself, his attainments are
really surprising. 1t only shows what in.
tellectual tastes strongly supported by
close application will accomplish.