The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-11-29

resist the march Of all who would wrcSt
rom them one inch of the territory of ia-
norancc which j. common to them all.
All the phenomena embraced under
clairNOyancc. niind-rcCding and Spiritual
ism. so-callcd. may he accounted for by
one or several of the following facts
FWT-Trickcry. Most of the trickerv
!. OF u cheap. vulgar aud transparent
character: no way To Ice compared with
That of Iioudin or other great magician.
Nccond- tllr~s-NOrk or coincidence.
Gucss-work is both a science and an art
lud much of the success. at clairvOyant>
depend, upon the mastery oftlis art, aud
thr -klllllll use which HEY make of coin
cidrnrc which happen To- w. all ia every
day life.
Hod-i Unconscious mental action.
F"uH-l unconscious muscular action
These two facts. either smvlv ur la com
bination. explain the marvel, of plan
chrlic. iablc-tipping. mind-rcading. a.
pra'ilrcd by Brown, Spirituai,iir trick
.lcf' nnd many Amateurs. Those who
have looked into this subject viii bc sur
prlsrd Ia lind how MANY of these mar
vcl- can bc explained hy ncuusriou.
muscular action and uucOn-riuu. mental
action.
rim - Physiological lioNnrucir.
ndcr this head come, the peculiar ilcNi-
bllity of many persons. as the Davenport
brothers. the Eddy, aud their imitation
who can make their hands smaller than
their wrists, and thu. Zip out ofthr hand
cufl- and rope.
Sirh Phenomena at trance. cfronc-
ou'ly called animal magnetism. pas
~iNc state of the mind very easily cNcitrd
In some persons and closely allied with
-unamullism and certain types of hy--
tCriI. In this state there may hc great
cNaltatiun OF special faculties: bat NO
new hclilli"- appear any more than they
appear in insanity. or -lrcp. or hystcria.
Assuming the iu~tic" at the above cN-
plantations. h is clear enough that no one
hli psychologist or practical physician.
or one who has made himself am cNpcrt
in psychology or disease of the urvou.
system, j. capable of scientifically study
Ing these phenomena.
\ CHNILENGT.
in closing, the lecturer gave the follow
ing challenge: If Their. l. anywhere ON
the globe any member of the human race
who proic~~cs amy clairVoyant. mind
reading or ~ccund-sigit power. or To- be- a
medium through which spirit. of the
| departed manifest themselves 10 IT. hy
, signs that are appreciated by the scu,c..
| or to be- endowed with any new Unknown
/ force. and hc will come Ia New York and
/ allow me the same opportunity for ia
| Ne>tl9dtlug hi- claims that ! am nccu-.
! TONED To have IN investigating other and
| allied questions. ! will prove surely and
/ speedily that he doe, not POSSES any
/ such power in any degree.
I Calmly and Iplilprut.lt .ttI a. iti, a.. d, A
sense of it. importance. ollcr It Ia The
/ world. The day j. coming when ~cular.
| Sup and science must array Themselves
! ON one side or the other Of mighty -it-
/ pcr>tiiiun, aud earnestly call upon the
/ members oi my profession. and csp,ci.
| ally those who are experienced in thc
! study Ut the nervous system.
To- give somewhat of their cand force.
~ the need shall arise. tp the arrest. nl
thi, tide of folly. | have been Y.hci
whether ! did not tel that .uch rc.
~carclr, were undigtlicd and uuNurill,
/ of scholar and | have replied thai
/ sometime, that feeling has come uyrrmc,
| ! must confess and when stood tho
other evening at the light ,cancc II llnr.
alto Eddy. and saw the silly and SINGER,
/ woman 10y his side. in her husband prr,.
| civ". lranucally and repeatedly Kiss tn,
la''i "l lloriilo ~ lac trust il between
/ the torn and ragged curtains | did feel
degraded. and rcjoiccd Ia think tIIot il,
a few hours should be- back to civilian.
! lion. But when. CA my return home.
| saw various Journal, aud hrar,d from
many lips the report Of the experiment,
| 81 some oi the faculty ot Ialc with
brown. the so-callcd ''mind-r,.adcr. &c
whom but last summer had been fully
shown, To the -aiis factiouuot only To my
sell but of medical friends. H. have no
llIhI-r"ndlng power whatever. then felt
That II was time for some one lu De- de-
graded.
If be- inquired what Mind fan in
vc-ligation desire, | reply that il is inst
such nn investigation in gcncrala. Brown
the mlud-rc1dcr. promised to rive iu c!,.r
accepted hi challenge IN Music hall. II
l. true that he HltcrWard violated TIA, bro
mise 10 give me an opportunity Ia study
NJ claims ~ quite. private way with
the aid of scientific men. Those who
should have me study their claims. what
ever They be-, Will please keep the prom
i-c which Brown violated.
The more essential thought, ON mi.
-lblcri-lhO-c which should be- krpi m
hlllld al every step of Our investigation
are these:
FU'i-'Ihc countcrlrit- of science. a. I
eau ihcm-thG~c dclu,iou, that steal the
livery of science to serve suprr,titinn-
clairvoyancc, mind-rcading and medium.
prItt ~
otilrra who write or speak in public nn
tlllN lhrorl >huuld tai tho ouini,rs at
experts ~ Their guides. Just a. ia u.trnu-
onIl' chemistry. and other science,
Here. ~ elsewhere, expert, may some
times err. but they will alwav, be- nearer
to the truth than those who know uotb.
ing "i the subject. All real experts in
me study Of clairyoyancc, mlud-rradinp
AMI modium-hip agree that these plr,
hollrIa can bc explained BY known law.
pl ne nervous system, guc,swork aud
lrlrkrry and hat beyond these there /, In |
mem absolutely nothing whatever
Here u, in other departments. of |
'',,I'h''' me opinion, and statement, Ot |
ne average man are worth uothiu,r ami /
should not be listened 10 by am rxmrrf
Hence all the infinite array of .to,lr.
nat rise every lipaboul the wonder. of
me GlalrIoyant, undertaking. and Spn-
lViil'llc lrlrkcry, are worth nothiuu-nlI
IRE pli' partial truths or total hes. EN-
IWrl- IN lhN matter must di-nis, them
without lhought-in short. they must
r'at mem ~ experts in astronomy
'hcmi,try, and medicine trcai similar.
gossip among unframed mind, ubnut
'uDcrl, of which they know nothing.
IN blllwrr'S bright romance .,Thr
\ olhihg Race, we are told that AT the
oii'h OF the rod, which contained the
r'I' even Inc most powerful and hilcOu,
monsters crumblcd to ashes, TLc
III. OF he present race /, .ci,no.
y l''r,i'" ny me right use of reason
Ish OF the eminent member. OF m
Procession who are present, 10 f1ki.u
'ril IN their hands and point it toward
III the cuunterlci~ Of science. and nj il,
ouch they will find that all these horrId
receptions shall wilt and wilhcr. Thu.
nan IL he proved, now H. of old. that ''thr