Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-09-12
THE OWNING ROD.
Something for the Scientists-The sins
gular Power Of the Sixth Sense.
FROM the Cleveland Lender.

FROM the Cleveland Lelder.
''The time is coming" said Mr.. Charles Lati-
mer, ''when scientific gentlemen and others
will be compelled to recognize the sixth sense.
I read your article on dreams, which you pub
lished to-day. and desire to add another instance
which, can youch for. have an aunt living In
Georgetown, ID. C.. short time since. while
engaged in knitting, she fell asleep in her chair
She awoke suddenly, and. turning to relative,
said: Mrs. Abbott has been thrown from her
carriage at Bladensburg and has had both her
arms broken Mrs. Abbott is very intimate
friend OF my aunt. but is not a relative. Two
hours later messenger announced to my aunts
household that Mrs. Abbott had been thrown
from her carriage at Bladensburg and that both
Other arms had been broken. Now sir. | be-
Geve-yes. know-that / can go to Brooklyn
Village, examine the blood of the burglar who
attempted to rob Mayor Jones and whom the
mayer wounded. and. by the aid of the sixth
sense. discover the thief. / have book, pub
lished in France over two hundred years ago,
In which Is related the discovery of murderer,
who, during his crime, was wounded and whose
blood stained the ground where the struggle
occurred. A detective, who had discovered
what / term the sixth sense, examined the
blood and by means of the electrical current
traced the murderer to prison. He entered
the jail. looked over those confined therein and,
placing his hand upon the shoulder of a burly
fellow. said: This is the man. The detective
took the prisoner back to the scene of the
crime and the felon confessed.
The divining rod is only another exemplifca-
tiOn of the existence of a power not yet recog-
nized With piece of witch hazel discovered
the coal mines which bear that name. / told
the number of feet shaft would have to be
sunk in order to reach the coal and even gave
the thickness Of the vein, Yet people say there
Is nothing in it and that the dvning rod is a
superstition If have an idea that brings me
In money, then the public pronounce it a good
one Money is the foundation upon which
people base their declarations. / got S.. 900 for
locating the Witch Hazel mines and am paid be-
sides twelve and half cents for every ton of
coal taken out of them. superintendent White
law, OF the water works. did not credit my
ability to locate water pipe. He came to nv
residence one evening and / went with him
through several streets and with the aid of the
divinin9 rod told him exactly where the pipes
were located. / offered to make a map of all
the pipes in the city. giving their connections
and branches. Finally he asked me to 90 with
him to the public square. traced several pipes
for him there. when he asked me to find the big
one. / not only found it. but told him how far
1t was below the surface of the earth have
letter i'm my possession from Mr.. Whitelaw
verifying my experiments. l once went to the
residence of noted scientist in Philadelphia.
where | made another test of the power of the
divning rod. i walked across his library floor
aad traced pipe. He said was mistaken, as
there were no pipes of any description beneath
the floor. insisted that there was one at least
and told him IshOud be compelled to leave his
house with the firm conviction that he was
wrong and right Finally he made an exami-
nation i'm the cellar beneath and discovered a
tin pipe fifteen inches beneath the floor, the ex-
fstence of which he had forgotten. The divin-
ing rod shows the superiority of mind over
matter. stand over q vein of iron ore, and
the rod turns. My sixth sense realizes the
presence of a mineral, and the realization moves
the switch. Here is feeling that must sooner
or later be recognized. Memory fraud and SUI
perstitiOn, but l know what / know. / know
that the switch turns when / walk above
metal. that is indisputable, and to me salts
factory. The same sense comes into play when
people dream Of certain things which are hap
pening to friends, or are about to. prove the
correctness of my theories to men. They say
yes. and look mystitied. If / catch them in
public they throw their heads back and decline
to believe simply because they are fearful of
their friends ridicule. But the time is coming
when all must heIieYen