National Republican., 1884-06-16
rnE GEORGIA. WONDER.
Problem which Lulu Hurst Offers for
sciontists to solve.

~ VIC EuHOT.
You recently gave an interesting account
of tho performances Of Miss Lulu Hurst,
recounting with considerable detail the sew
eral experiments to which she was subjected.
Ono OF tho scientific gentlemen who witnessed
the man ifostatons was frank enough to
confess that TO him thoy were simply
"unaccountablo;" another called the display
of power OF force magnetic" another said IL
was electric" and ono thought IL to bo
magnetic -eloctric," which is analogous TO o
white blackbird; ono said IL showed "now
dimension of power" copying after Prof.
Zollener's famous fourth dimension, &c.;
still another claimed il to be blood power ~
all of which shows q lamentable degree of
ignorance Of the whole subject, and is on q
level with tho celebrated Buffalo doctors
who, many years ago, undertook to explain
phenomena Of similar character
on tho "toe-joint" theory. Tho
doctors of Cincinnati, during
tho past week, in tho case of Miss Matte
Price, who has been exhibiting thero similar
manifestations TO those Miss Hurst has hore,
sagely declare that all her feats arc accom-
plished by muscular strength, guided by a
cunning knowledge of the power of the lever
and the laws of gravitation". Strange that
an unsophisticated school girl should know so
much more than the great majority of poo-
| pic indeed moro than any one else!
| Let mo summarize few facts in connection
with Miss Hurst's exhibition. First, tho
| power displayed ia both phenomenal and
abnormal it is controllable and intelligent;
she is conscious during its continuance; il
came to her less than year ago, without
any volition on her part, and 1t may in like
manner leave her despite her wishes to the
contrary; 1t does not increase with her; she
claims not to know tho source from whence
it comes; it requires no mental exertion she
can do moro at certain times that at others
She says: 81 must feel assured all the time
that the objects will do as wish them to. II
I'loso confidence then l can do nothing, buI
when feel we'll and am sure
of myself, have no diff
ficulty in doing somo very strange things.
don't understand it myself" Thus it SCENT
that here, as everywhere else, conditions are
necessary. One party says: "She claims t
be in perfect gale of spirits when exhibit
ing her powers, laughs nervously while the
manifestations arc going on" &c. But, e
concludes Here is n case of unusual physica
power displayed, vastly greater than tn,
normal ability of the girl. From whence
does it proceed? An adequate cause, o
course; and natural, not supernatural. i
must be commensurate with tho effect pro
duced. This cause does not reside in Mis-
Hurst. All the evidence goes to show tina
she is but an agent for its transmission. Sht
does not create 1t. This power displays in
telligence. Now, it is an axiom in menta
science that intelligence must originate il
and emn nate from mind, embodied or disem
bodied. In the case OF Miss Hurst, from
whose mind does it proceedP Let these dis
tinguished scientific gentlemen follow up thi
olew and satisfactorily as well as logical,
answer this conundrum. q. A. b.
JUNE ID, 1884,