The sun., 1893-02-19
SCIENCE AND THE SPIRITS.
sCHlAflHELLI AND L0MBRoso ON
MEDIUMIsTTO PHENOMENA.

AEDIUMIsTTO PHENOMENA.
A Investigates. In Italy ~ savants OF
wepla-wtAs Eane-Rensrksbie Nfnnifes-
tatiens Stuaiea IN Dsrksess s.ai In Light
Ths Medic. we.aa Celebrated for Her
Pee.iisr Fswers-Ne Triekery Here, the
wiss Ne. ssy-Nysterious Forces or the
Air Weighed with steeiyards and Re-
corded with the Camera = Schiapareiii
Ps.nsiisa suA Hi. spect.cIes Removed
Report OF the Learned Investigators.
MILAN. Jan 31.-A scientific Investigation Of
msdiumistio phenomena was recently made In
Milan. As some OF the Investigators were
world-renowned. great interest was felt
throughout Italy. and the results OF the expert
msnts excited much discussion.
Among the Investigators wero Schiaparelll.
the discoversr Of the lines on Mars, and Prof.
Lombroso Of Turin. The majority OF the in
vsstieators were not believers In spiritualism;
each came with his own theory explaining tho
phenonena. schiaparelli was perhaps tho
only one who had no theory whatever concern
ing them. He had beon told by his friend
Z0ilner. the astronomer. that there was some
thing true In spiritualstic phen OF this
Z0llner had become convinced during his re-
searches for proofs Of fourth dimension.
Tho scientific men met In Milan in septem-
Der last. The medium was Eusaria Paladino.
y Noapolitan. whose fame has spread through
out Europe. She is a robust looking little
woman. about 35 years OF age. She Is mar
ried. Her husband Is u carpenter and she Is
an ironsr It was discovered when she was
quite young tina. she seemed to possess some
strange power. No ono could understand
what It was When she was asked what she
thought 1t was she said: How do know
what It isf" The people .; tho class to which
she belonged. being ignorant. rihiculed her:
and as the fatigue OF exerting tho strange
force was very great. she concluded that 1t was
not worth while to exert 1t. Indeed she took
such an aversion to tho mysterious influence
that for ton yenrs she never experimental
with 1t. 1t was only through tho insistence OF
Signor Ercole CHA 10 that she was induced to
do 30 again.
Signor Chiaji ia gen tlema n living In Naples
He has besn distinguished by the King. and Is
Q man OF means. He could hardly be suspected
OF having dubious motives in bringing Eu-
sapia to tho attention OF people. especially as
she does not give public sttings. His motive
has beeu to call her to the notice OF scientists.
Whom 1t became known that these sittinRs
were being held in Milan. an editor Of ono OF
the daily papers published an article In which
he offered to bet 5000 francs that Eusupia was
q humbug. and that tho phenomena wore pro-
ducei by trickery. He professed to be able to
explain tho tricks. and declared that she could
not produce ono OF tho phenomena under con-
ditions stated by him. Eusaria Is an ignorant
woman: sho cannot even real or write. Prof.
Aksakow. ono OF the Investigators. answered
for her. saying that at his request she had
placed herself at their disposition for scisn-
tihc examination OF the phenomena and that
As he and some Of the other Investigators had
come from distance. and had no moro time
than was necessary for that purpose. they did
not wish to be interrupted. II the journalist
was able to expose any trickery he begged him
to do SO. and they would thoroughly invosti-
gate the matter.
After some delay tho journalist explained
the phenomena as being performed cleverly
by Eusapis changing her hands and feet about
In such way thai the two persons holding
her believed that they each held a hand
and Q foot. while they both hold the same
hand and foot: thus shs had the other hand
and foot FREQ to work with. Tho lights he OK
planned as being phosphorus on her fingers.
The moving OF heavy objects at distance. the
appearance Of hands. figures. and tho like. he
accounted for as being the work OF an accom-
plicc This explanat alton satisfied tho ublio
At large. but seemed to have no effect on tho
scientific mon. who continued their research
O. From time to time remarkable things
were told Of what took place at the sittings.
Ono day another editor. happening to meet
Eusapia In the street. asked her to walk home
with him. as his wife wished to meet her. Eusa-
pia went At the editors house tho kitchen
table was brought In and the members Of the
family seated themselves around It The table
Immediately arose from the floor about six
inches and remained suspended In the air for
several seconds. 1t was about o'clock in the
afternoon and the ewindows were open. Eusn-
pia asked that they might be closed. The
blinds were closed The room was even then
light enough for them to see Eusapia's form
distinctly and to watch her movements: how
ever, tho usual phenomena occurred-the
moving OF furniture. noises. appearance OF
hands, and so on. The journalist was i'm
pressed. and the next day he took up the de-
fence OF Eusapia In his paper. He pointed out
the fact that she was in q house where she
had never been before. and that no prepara-
tloa had been made for her coming. as 1t was
unexpected. She was stranger to all Of
them. none OF the party was q spiritualist and
she could have had NO accomplice.