The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-30

tno 6lu Vi cdOlneL Inc medium IN takes
chair with one Of the party seated opposite
MN, the OBJECT being to place the medium
under such conditions as to make it Jap
parentlyl physical impossibility for him
to move hand or foot, without his opposite
neignoor knowing it, that gentleman plac-
ing MS hands upon the mediums knees
while the medium places bis hands upon his
opuonent's. An iron ring is placed beside
the mediums chair, everyone in the circle
JOINS hands, the lights are put out and the
manifestations begin. Several testify that
they feel the spirit hands PASSING over
them, all the time the mediums opponent
testlhes very smphatically that the medium
mas MS hands upon his own, and he has not
moved hand or foot since the light went
out The medium requests the gentleman
TO make assurance doubly sure by grasp
ing his 1.-THE medium's) thumbs in each hand.
A light is struck and the iron ring is seen to
leap upon the arm of the gentleman hold
ing the mediums thumbs in each fist The
ring is solid iron band and upon the closest
scrutiny shows no flaw, and the.e is none,
In fact. The deception is in the medium,
not in the ring. This is the way II is done:
When the medium takes his seat opposite
the gentleman who ls there for the purpose
OF preventing trickery he takes care to have
his knees come between the other fellows.
When his opponent places his hands
brought close together by the medium
as he brings his hands down upon them.
the instant the lights are out he slips one Of
his hands between the hands on his koees
This is done so cleverly that il is not no.
ticed by the other and he still feels the
pressure on both of his bands. This leav-
ing one of the mediums hands free, he
touches as far as be can reach around the
circle, and the people declare they feel spirit
hands ha
reaches for the iron ring, slips 1t on his
arm and asks his opponent to take his
thumbs. Just as the light ia struck, by a
quick movement OF his arm, he jumps the
iron ring onto the other fellows arm; as he
feels it fall when he is grasping both the
mediums thumbs it makes the trick doubly
mystifylhg -'.
Here is another trick. The medium is
placed before a cabinet The assistant pro-
duces piece of common clothes line about
212 yards long, hands 1t around for inspec-
ton, and then ties the cord closely around
the mediums neck in a common hard knot,
to which he calls the attention of his
audience. Then he suggests that II one
hard knot is good, ten knots would be bet
ter he Immediately acts upon his own sug-
gestion and proceeds to tie them. One OF
the committee is invited to place the
medium in the chair in the cabinet and TO
pass the ends of the rope through the hole
10 the cabinet TO one OF the committee
standing outside; he In turn Ia instructed to
pull hard SO as to make sure that the me-
dunn does not get TOO much rope. There is
an aperture in the door of the cabinet over
which ls hung a small black curtain.
This opening is az least four feet away
from the medium when placed in the above
described position, when he strains to the
end Of his short rope. Everything being
ready. the cabinet doors are closed, and in
stantly face appears at the window in the
cabinet This is mystifying when unex-
planned, simple when you know how it is
done. You will remember ten knots were
tied in the rope around the mediums neck.
This very thing enables him to get his head
out Of the rope, although the committee are
Juggling away at the other end Of IL. This
ia the way he does It:
When the rope Is passed through the small
cole Ia the cabinet and pulled taut by the
committee outside, they pull against the
last knot made instead of against the
MEDIUMS neck. As the committee are in
vited by the assistant to inspect the outside
of the cabinet and as they are passing the
door of the cabinet on the side occupied by
the medium the assistant, apparently by
accident, closes it. This hides the medium
from view, and he takes advantage of these
golden moments by getting slack out OF
these knots to permit the slipping Of the
rope over his head by beginning with the
first knot tied, The door is reopepsd and
shows the medium under, apparently, the
same conditions as before described. The
doors are closed, the rope slipped over his
head in a second and his face appears at the
~lndow. Upon the doors being opened he
is discovered seated exactly as before.
II the company takes an interest in psy-
choIogy and wishes to demonstrate that
minds communicate without the aid of signs
or speech, let some one person retire from
the room. Then let ell minds combine upon
willing that on re-enterinR the room he
shall do certain thing. In more than
half the instances he will receive the i'm
preston and do as il Is willed that be shall.
Another experiment, for which the writer
has no explanation, is the ability Of five
persons 20 lift and suspend in the air at
arms length the body OF man weighing
from $50 to 200pounds upon the tips Of their
fingers. can only offer the rules Of pro-
Cedure.
One OF the company lies upon table or
couch. Those trying the experiment. Of
lifting him arrange themselves as follows:
One places a finger under each shoulder Of
the reclining figure. Two on each side
place the fingers under the figure between
the shoulder and hips, thighs and calves Of
the legs The one at the head counts ], Q,
5. When all, including the one to be lifted,
simultaneously inhale to the fullest capacity
of the lungs; repeau this three times, and as
you inhale for the third time, Lift. The body
will lat least have many times seen it, rise
and remain poised in the air upon the tips
of the liftersi fingers as long as all hold
their breaths. The surprising feature of
this experiment is the buoyancy Of the
figure, the exertion by the lifters being
scarcely felt. 1t is necessary and impera-
tive that all shall act In perfect unison to
produce successful results. The sensations
OF the one being lifted are of floating In
space unassisted. This phenomena, up TO
the present writing, has been unaccounted
for by scientists, the wise men being non
plused. Whether some power controlled
by the human being, Of which he is uncon.
scious, is employed or not. is mystery that
up TO the present writing has not been
solved. The fact remains and can be tried
by any six persons with unfailing success IL
the directions herein given are followed.
Should any. one exhale while the body is
suspended upon the tips Of the fingers, 1t
returns to its normal heaviness and has a
tendency to gravitate suddenly back to
earth. - ...
The last, though by no means least inter-
esting, experiment. Of which this article
treas Is mind reading.
Select some one from the company whom
you believe can really concentrate thought
upon a given subject. Such a person pos
sessing a very nervous temperament is
much the best for the mind reader 70 oper-