The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-28
A MYSTERIOUS HUMAN FORCE.
A Rival to the Celebrated Lulu
Hurst.

Letter TO the Detroit Tribune.
l few days since 1 CHANGED to be several
days where that remarkable woman, Mrs.
Lulu Abbott $50 have heard her called; l
didn't notice the bills was exhibiting her
wonderful powers. went to see her public
exhibitions. had a private interview with
her, and must truly say that she nom
plussed 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, a clergyman, and several physicians
who represent the highest attachments and
skill in their line. These were invited there
to examine, criticise and try by every
means ia their power and knowledge TO find
out what was the source of the remarkable
powers of this little woman.
Mrs Abbott is a small and pretty woman.
Her normal weight is from ninety-fve to
ninety-eight pounds. She is of delicate
complexion and of the simple, ingenious
manner of a child. She is about IS years
old, and she finds herself possessed of 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 is not aware that
she makes any effort of INSTRUMENTATION
of thought, certainly not Of muscular
thought, to perform the wonderful feats of
what we call strength that she performed
by the dozen before audiences made up from
the best, wisest and best educated people of
the place.
For instance, half dozen of the gentle
men on the stage piled one upon another on
one-again upon two chairs that we're on
the stage, and she, standing behind the
chair aud touching lightly the wood of the
back of the chair, she 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 as
musician runs his fingers lightly over the
key of piano or guitar to see if it be In
tune or to find the dominant tone or chord
In the piece he is about to play; or, it seemed
TO me the most like this of anything, that
she was seeking "Ghe dominant seventh. !"
Again, six men took a billiard cue, and
standing it upright on the floor,
with their hands clasping it
tightly near the top, another man, the
heaviest and strongest, perhaps, 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 the cue forming a
kind of seat for him to sit upon. The cue
began to bend as though it would break,
when she touched IL lightly with her deli
cate fingers, passing them lightly over it as
along the strings of a guitar, when it at
once Strengthened, and clasping it in the
most light and delicate manner, and appar-
emily putting forth not the least effort or
strength, she lftad the cue half a foot from
the floor against all the force these six men
aid one on top could exert TO keep it 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 little boy from the audience she
passed her hands lightly over his hands and
arms moment, and he was firmly set
against the power of all these men as she
had BEEN Twisting a 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 it, 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. SO, standing WITH her hands
pressed 50 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 gentlemen, who himself held the egg
men who assisted in this feat assured me
that he felt but the slightest touch Of her
hand upon his and no pressure whatever to
Indicate any effort put forth on her part.
Indeed, she makes no effort. She says
she is not conscious of putting forth any
will power or aiming at any concentra lion
of thoughts. The effort does not tire her in
the least. Again sue took the cue ia her
hands, so lightly holding lit really lying
on one of her hands rather than her clasp
ing it; one, two, three, and even six men
together tried to wrest this from off her
hands, rather than in them, and they were
as powerless to do this as would be a hy
lighting pom the rod. The power would
seem to be 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 delicate,
aud can lift only very light weights. This
power" she said, docs not help in the least
to do my work about the house. l wish it
did," for she can with it only lift or move
things that have animal life in them.
She found herself possessed Of this power
whea she was child, when annoying her
father in playing about his chair. He told
her if she did not stop he would put her
away from hlm. She said it came to her
to say to him: "You can't put me away"
He tried to lit5 and carry her of and found
himself powerless to lift the child An
older brother then tried to put this child,
only years cid, out the door and could not
stir her from her standing place on the
floor. She is conscious Of no peculiar feel
ing except kind of tremor passiag through
her arms. Holding glass lumber between
her hands one may hear a loud musical
whirring, and every second or so click like
that of telsgraphing. In conversation moth
ing is more apparent than that she is en-
tirely sincere, AM simple as a child. She
wouli like as well as any one to know what
this strange power is aud whence it comes
to her. She said she had never found it in
any other pers m except one-a man in
Battle Creek--and she thought he had it in
a greater degree even than she herself had
it, and it seemed to come to him by kind
of intuition that he could do these things,
just as it did to her. She learned by use its
laws, one of which was that she could not
grasp anything suddenly or with sudden de-
termination to move il; it pOSsessed her