Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-01-17
TALK WITHOUT WORDS.
The Mysterious Investigations Of the
Society for Psychic Research
The Phenomena of the Gcruii-s
Common and >Uccessfnl E:Xper--
meni-i Philosopher Who
NfIl Not Believe.



Few persons who played with plancdette q
few years ago when that conscious toy was
the rage ~ Hiu have amused themselves
with tho rather IlN stern u divinatiuns oi the
Iniud Trader "a have irtggeHted the scance,
have JCinei hands "a ii:j tables ~ tie fin
-n'r-tl-. or have beuumbei some delicate
friend ~ gu.a efT inezia ri7i... had ans idea
that they EcTs dong ANYTHING e" Gi-H!iiei
"a L0,cr!f : II tie ioIuar- - Fl Dark CONT
urnt OF science. iiui -uca seems t. h. TIE
case. Scigutii.e mcn Il EiEh position here
and in Eurore IRE maxim. lies diversions
Of the cUrIp':S and sport 90 lie sUI,afsti;iUUS
the subject II deep >iutiy ANA careful
experiment.: 4 society his beoa fa.l.e III
England e. pi7.-c;uta these atud.c- ;lieg lie
title cf the S.ciets ,"i Psychic i.>.lfc..
For president It has mp is steady = head
than Professor I'D .s.!rk. II CaIabrid-t. ami
a. vice president . Lord Hayiei-a. aap pre-
sided over ia" iiii"sb;ie:4s 81 tiIr r-cent
sneetinS al Montreal u! too A. .ist.al for
iha Advancement .! Sci'n.e
For the no-t par tn occurrence tie ia
'veStiEatss- f t,ls~a psy chical phenomena aGc
Stunning then attention 10 may lc CHASED a,
instances II communication be. Ucrn mind
and mind I.csT II iar. yijhou; the use OF
words "a any u eats that couli be called
.ilN 7iAs24 ai Asa4 - asA+ f4ae-t
iurc Of ,cieuor. There arc comrit t--s To in
vcstigata the intl:en-e of JnGa ou mind by
other than the ordinary rf.ai., # -oumuni-
cation-the n en,.InaIIa a. ni-sineFI-ui. trance,
olairyoyan"c, TIA stu Is 81 persons Chased rs
"scnsitiyss apparitions AT TIE moment Of
death, spiIitual.Sm On Ifs physical side, etc
one Il iio most con4n.on and successful
experiments 70. tie members of the society Is
t. place lchini one oI the persons ,'iuwu rs
sensitive" an individual whose mind i
charged with some distinct image. a. - IA
person, O.; con, OF picture, or other object.
and Whose ,nly effort in The experiment IS to
stand behind the sensitive and think as
hard a. he can OF the thing in HI mind.
The sensitive VIII then draw representa-
ton of what Is in the mind Of tho operator
behind him. This experiment has becn de-
veloped to such point that objects $ igcfel
a: random by any oa2 present and siaply
held up behind the 'selSitive" have Lee, por-
irayed by him. Ia tie published proceedings
of the sncle'y many "a smiles Of the origi-
mails and the copies male 10y the ~sen>tves'
under thest. circumstances ere given. No
medium" ny prnfc, i,Iial- take part in these
experiment..
The superflaturI cast once given to occur
renceS of this kinl-frpm the performances OF
planchette 10 the my -ierics of Sp ritualisni-
are dlsnis cl by tines, ST 'ntific men an ac-
cidcntal color, ike TIE supernatural aspect
which poetry. government. boots. fire.
everything ok ga when m-a first cama to
them They l,licyr that "a r, Is :; field of
fact there To- le investigate /; that these
phenoment are Slin;,Scs 90 IA force which
men have moi heretofore o.r' r'apci 10 the
point of recognizing, hut W. 81 II Is no more
scientific to Il Get than /; would have been
10 refuse to examine the Phenomena OF con-
bustion because the legends Of mythology
claimed that fire WAS brought down fr, II
Heaven 10y rromethc@-
Ii is not easy 10 see how any scientific iGu 4
could find fault With S,gch inquiry. tut
Hcl,nholtz * quote h. The Nation Us hav-
ing lately told an English scientific accuaint-
ance that if II his friends should assert that
the phenomena reported by the Society for
Psychical Research were true, and that If
then he were To SEQ them al with his own
eyes. and with all the precautions he could .
devise. lie wouli not bc,ie. them This is 4
more like the ignorant sort OF talk which 4
greeted the frs; hint, 81 the wonders % ccc- I.
triciiy than TIE Gt'e-aHccS Of a trGe man Of /
science Always ready - open his eyes to I
-n,rCs light.