The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1883-11-08
THE OWNING ROD.
Something for the Scientisrs-The Sing"-
lar Power OF tho SIKH Sense.

1.-THE time is coming" said MIR
Charles Latimer, "when scientific gen.
tlemen and others will be compelled
to recognize the sixth sense. l READ
your article on dreams, and desire TO
add another instance which l can
youch for. 1 have an aunt living in
GEORGETOWN, D. c. A short time since,
while engaged in knitting, she fell
asleep in her chair. She awoke sud-
denly, and, turning to a 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 a messenger announced to my
aunt's household that Mrs. Abbott had
been thrown from her carriage at Bla-
densburg and that both OF her arms
had been broken. No, sir, 1 believe
YES, l know-that I can 60 to Brook
lyn village, examine the blood Of the
burglar who attempted to rob Mayor
Jones and whom the mayor wounded,
and, by the aid of the sixth sense, dis
cover the thief. I have book, pub
lished in France over twohundred 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 occur
red. A detective, who had discovered
what term the sixth sense, examined
the blood and by means of the electrl-
cal current traced the murderer to a
prison. He entered the JAIL looked
over those confined therein, and, plac-
ing his hand upon the shoulder of .burly
fellow, said: This is the man. The
detective took the prisoner back to the
scene of the crime and the felon con-
fesSed.
"The divining rod is only another ex-
qualification of the existence of a
power not yet recognized. With
piece of witch hazel I discovered the
coal mines which bear that name. L
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 divining rod
is a superstition. If have an Idea
that brings ne in money, then the
public pronounce it a good one.
Money is the foundation upon which
people base their declarations. l got
$4,000 for locating the Witch Hazel
mines, and am paid besides twelve and
a half cents for every ton of coal taken
out of them. Superintendent White
laY Of the water works. did not credit
my ability to locate water pipe. lie
came to my residence one evening, and
1 went with him through several
streets, and with the aid of the divin-
ing rod told him exactly where the
pipes were located. I offered to make
map of all the pipes in the city,
giving their connections and branches.
Finally he asked me to so with him to
the Public square. I traced several
pipes for him there, when he asked me
to find the big one. I not only found
it, but told him how far it was below
the surface Of the earth. I have
letter in my possession from Mr..
Whitelaw verifying my experiments
I once went to the residence of a noted
scientist in Philadelphia where 1 made
another test of the power of the divin.
ing rod. I walked across his library
floor and traced a pipe. He said l was
mistaken as there were no pipes OF
any description beneath the floor: J.
insisted that there was one at least,
and told him I should be compelled to
leave his house with the firm convic-
ton that he was wrong and right.
Finally he made an examination in the
cellar beneath and discovered a tin
pipe fifteen inches beneath the floor,
the existence of which he had forgot
ten. The divining rod shows the su.
periority of mind over matter. Istand
over vein of iron ore, and the rod
turns. My sixth sense realizes the
presence of mineral, and the realiZa'
ton moves the switch. Here IS a feel
inc that must sooner or later be recog-
nized. Men cry fraud and supersti-
ton, but I know what 1 Know. l
know that the switch turns when l
walk above a metal, that it is indispu-
table. and to me satisfactory. The