The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-12


and the chair sustaining her head was
carefully removed. 1t did not disturb
her position, but she was rigid and ap-
rently unconscious, resting upon nothing
but the slight support the chair may have
given TO the tips of her toes. More passes
were thought advisable, after which the
remaining chair was taken away and she
floated in midair. 1t was a weird specta-
Gle on that pleasant afternoon-a human
body, through whose veins the life-cur-
rent was flowing, and whose pulse-beat
was as strong and regular as that Of any
one present, robbed of pOnderosity and ev-
cry semblance of life stilled in a minute
by a mysterious power which none. of us
understood, but were willing to use for
the amusement of the hour and the won
der of scientists. She remained immov-
able while we counted 49, then floated
sidewise and downward till she reached
the floor and the wall, twelve feet away
at the same instant Revived by a dash
of water in the face and few passes
by her brother, she announced herself in
good condition for the most difficult test
she ever endured, and preparations were
Immediately made for 1t.
Brother Nelson was now placed upon
the board which the chairs sustained and
all united in grand effort to render him
unconscious by passes and great sweep
ing motions of the hands and arms Lev
itation was not sought or desired, but
that condition which would make him
rigid from crown to soul 1t required 10
minutes of hard work. When Miss Susan
said stop" she Immediately put both
hands under Nelson's back and with arms
extended raised him aloft above her head
and held him there in evident ease for at
least three minutes. Then she placed him
gently upon the board again and invited
us to lift him IN any way we thought fit
We were foolish enough 10 try, but at
arms length. as the girl had done it,
We could not raise him clear OF the board
Then somebody said, in a voice that
sounded ridiculously like ours:
"Of course, the conditions are changed
since he was put down"
For reply the girl raised him aIoft pre-
cisely as in the first instance, held him
a few moments with both hands, then
withdrew one and held him balanced
upon the other at least a minute. when
he began to grow limp, and she replaced
him gently upon the board, dashed water
in his face, SLAPPED aus fiands brfsiSly to-
gether several times, and he was himself
again.
"Was it all rieht?" he asked.
Never better" said Susan. Odd you
not think so?i' she asked, turning to us.
yes, indeed; eXeep that we tried to
do and did not" was our confused an
swer.
ooh. you'd have done It easily If
you'd the power" she answered modest
ly. .at..
What couldn't we do if we had the
power? Poor humanity could make it
self very solid II 1t could always work
out its own sweet will
She proposed other feats Of strength.
but the family protested against any
more exertion in that direction The
mother proposed what she called the
"CrOckery smash" and offered a good
bowl for the sacrifice. This pleased Su-
san and the bowl was placed upon a ta-
bic at one end Of the room, close against
the wall while the girl stood at the other
end about twenty feet from it. She
walked back and forth across the inter-
vening space several times laying her
hand gently upon the bowl whenever
within reach of 1t, and at length took
her station again at the opposite end.
What a look she gave that object OF her
concern! We thought Of the basilsk
gaze, the gOrgon stare, and many wicked
SMILES when her eyes were finally fixed
upon 1t for keeps" They were green
with what appeared to he concentrated
hatred. Having no conception Of what
was 10 follow, we could. not suppress an
ejaculation of surprise when her hand
shot out toward the bowl ana it began
whirling sidewise as If to roll Off one end
of the table. Nelson caught and replaced
it in the first position, and then, having
again laid her hand upon II and fixed it
with her gaze, that lightning flash Of the
dexter ripper was duplicated and the
bowl went to smash as by the blow OF o
sledge hammer. We tried to count the
pieces, but half the shattered material
appeared as dust and there were hun
dreds of grains no larger than pinheads!
1t was destruction, but whence?
rot gI In -
the hunting party In the hills, and said
he received and understood his sister
message just as she intended n. Would
she let US have an Independent test Of
her power in the same direction? we
asked. Yes, II possible. We wrote a
message for her to send Joe IN the hills.
where II was arranged we were to accom-
pany him TO the distance of a mile for the
purpose of this test, and handed It 10
Susan sealed, just as we started out next
morning. It read:
II have stolen your electric mouse"
We had II safe in n vest pocket.
The mile seemed long one but we al
last sat down upon a rock sheltered by
large trees, and Joe fred a charge from
his gun. It's echoes rolled around among
those rocks like the reverberations from
score Of reports, and directly, just ovor
our heads. there came a little explosion.
followed by a hundred electrical SNAP.
pings close by, at various Intervals, and
ending by three or four little squeaks so
natural that one could imagine they came
from a verltable mouse.
Joe sat silently for a little time, appar-
entity perplexed, and then he laughed
heartily and said
well, that isn't as bad az horse steal
ing, and your confession will mitigate
the penalty ] reckon Sue Will let Won
keep the mouse as a souvenir"
A perfect test, surely; but what In the
name Of truth and justice win the set
entists say2 To what extent Is the region
where they occur really accountable for
these phenomena? DR.. Lowndes saws
that the faculty Of second sight possessed
by the Illghlanders Of Scotland NAV be
safely attributed 10 certain electrical in
nuences which abound Ia those billy re-
glons. VIII the necromancy Of the Geor-
gla mountains ever be traced back 10 the
same caugcY