Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-12-12
A MYSTERIOUS FORCE.
REMARKABLE POWER OVER MEN
POSSESSED BY A WOMAN.

POSSESSED BY A WOMAN.
SIX strong Men Are Unable to Move Her.
She Can Resist the Combined Strength |
OF n Dozen Peopie-she Is Slender and
Doe. Not Understand Her Gin.
few DAYS since CHANGED 10 be where |
that rrmarkable woman Mrs. Lulu Alb |
hott ia have heard her called; didn't |
NOTICE the bills) was exhibiting her won
derful powers went to see her,public ex-
hibitions. had u private interview with her
and must truly say that she nonplused
me, as she did every one that saw her.
At one exhibition where saw her there
were six or seven gentlemen on the stage
with her-gentlemen who represented the
business intelligence and acumen of the
place. n clergyman and several physicians
who represent the highest attachments and
skill in their line. These were invited
there 70 examine, criticise and try by every
means in their power and knowledge TO
find ont what was the source OF the re-
markable powers OF this littlc woman.
MTs. Abbott IS small and pretty wom-
an. Her normal weight is from ninety-fiye
TO uinety-eight pounds. She Is Of delicate
complexion and of the simple ingenious
manners OF child. She is about 35 years
old, and she finds herself possessed of a
most remarkable power TO overcome any
physical life or animal power that may be
brought TO bear against her. She knows
nothing OF what this power is. She IL not
aware that she makes any effort of will
concentration of thought, certainly not OF
muscular thought. to perform the wonder
full feats of what we call strength that she
performed by the dozen before audiences
made up from the best, wisest and best ed
ucated people of the place.
LIFTING SIX MEN.
For instance. half a dozen of the gentle
men on the stnge piled one upon another
on one-again upon two chairs that were
on the stage, and she, standing behind the
chair and touching lightly the wood of the
bnck of the chair, would instantly lift the
chair and all those men from the floor.
She barely touches the chair, passes her
hand and fingers along the upright posts
ny a musician runs his fingers lightly over
the keys Of "a piano or guitar to see Il ii be
In tune or 10 find the dominant tone or
chord In the piece he is about to play; or.
1t seemed to me the most like this of any
thing, that she was seeking the dominant
seventh"
AHsRin, SIX nteu tDOk "a cue, and
standing it upright on the floor with their
hands clasping it tightly near the top, an
other man, the heaviest and strongest per-
haps OF all on the stage, with Mrs. Abbott,
mounted to the top and sat upon the top.
the hands OF the six other holders of the
cue forming kind of seat for him 10 sit
upon. The cue began to bend as though it
would break. when she touched il lightly
with her delicate fingers. passing them
i2 lily over It as along the strings of
guitar, when it at once Strengthened, and
ciasping IL in the most light and deli
cate manner. and apparently putting forth
nor the least effort or 81 rength, she lifted
the cue half foot from the floor against
all the force these six men and one on the
top could exert TO keep il down
Again, standing upon one foot on the
floor, not the force OF the strongest man or
any two men could pull or push her from
her position
Calling "A little boy from the audience
she passed her hands lightly over his hands
and arms n moment, ar he was firmly set
against the power of all these men as she
had been. Twisting handkerchief that
some one handed her into a kind of ring
she and the little boy both took hold of It
with no apparent strength except merely
to hold IL, and the little boy stood as i'm
movable as mountain against all the at
tempts OF one or two or more men las many
as could reach the child to move him from
the floor.
SHE MAKES NO EFFORT.
So standing with her hands pressed so
lightly against the door castings that she
held an egg under the palm of each hand
and did not crush it all the strength of as
many men as could reach her could not
pull her from her position. This feat she
tried many times, and sometimes placing
her hands over the hands of one of the gen
tlemen, who himself held the egg under
his hands, and one of these gentlemen who
assisted in this feat assured me that he
felt but the slightest touch of her hand
upon his and no pressure whatever to indi-
cate any effort put forth on her part.
Indeed she makes no effort She saws
she Is not conscious OF putting forth any
will power or aiming at any concencr alton
OF thoughts. The effort does not tire her
in the least Again, she took the cue in
her hands, so lightly holding tit really
lying on one of her hands rather than her
clasping it-one, two, three and even six
men together tried to wrest this from of
her hands rather than in them, and thew
were as powerless to do this as would be a
ny h5hbiuS upon the ROD. The power
would seem to be n current that in passing
through her is arrested for this application
In some way that she as little understands
as any one else. Normally she is very deli
cate, and can lift only very light weights.
This power" she said, docs not help in
the least TO do my work about the house: /
wish II did" for she can with it only lift
or move things that have animal life in
them
She found herself possessed of this DOW
er when she was "a child, when annoying
her father In playing about his chair. He
told her If she did not stop he would put
her away from him. She said it came to
her TO say to him, "You can't put me
away" He tried to lift and carry her off.
and found himself powerless TO lift the
child. An older brother then tried to nut !
this child, only Z years old, out the door,
and could not stir her from her standing
place on the floor She is conscious of no
peculiar feeling except kind Of tremor
passing through her arms Holding glass
tumbler between her hands one may hear
n loud musical whirring and every second
or 50 click like chat of telegraphing. In |
conversation nothing Is more apparent
than that she Is entirely sincere and sim
pie a. child. She would like as well az
any one to know what this strange power
Is and whence it comes to her.-Cor. De
troit Tribune.