New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-02

thing mysterious and uncanny in divination Of
any kind"
And especially in divination which is impossible
Of explanation even by the dviner." Mr.. Gataker
added.
How did you discover that you possessed the
power?" 1 asked
by the mcrest chance. After leaving Bath
College. where l educated. went into Lon
don office: but the confinement made me i'll, and
obliged 10 go down TO the West country to
rest. walking one day with a friend who
knew a local water iviner. and he suggested that
we should try II we too possessed the faculty Of
finding water. He was unsuccessful. but to my
Tsad @ mia shyene ehsy
In my arms. and the forked twig held In my
hands began 10 rev1ye t thought hen very r tIe
other trial. found that my health would not bear
the strain OF office life. and when discovered That
my power increased with practice. seriously con-
sdered the possibilities of water-divining as pro-
But surely you met with a great deal Of opposi-
ton -. n.,
STAFF Corps and now lives at Bath was most in
terested and after ! had studied and practiscd
some months commenced my present work with
What happens when you light upon hidden
"A sensation not unlike a slight SILVER comes into
my arms first. and aferward all over my body. |
then hold the g in asa 50 1ns ns
~ I get of the bed OF the stream A twlg freshly
wire answers equally well. copper wire being. how
ever. much less sensitive than steel or iron. TINS
would seem to argue some magnetic attraction. and
my own opinion Is that water divination Is a cor
responding power TO mesmersm-a Kind OF animal
magnetism. You would be surprised at the num-
Der OF people who have the power and are g
norant OF the fact. ladies more especially
Surely the presence OF water affecting you as
1t does hidden stagnant pool or a closed drain
might deceive your
no am only affected by running water. and
can gauge its depth and the number OF gallons
that II runs per minute.
us there any attraction between the tw!g and
the hidden water
Mr. Ciataker smiled. 80 many people ask me
trat question" he answered, little YEARLY "and
II the water find Is pure and ft for drinking pur
poses The attraction Is in me alone. The move
Inent OF the twig Is merely It's outward sign
can find water without the twig simply by holding
out my hands. ! guarantee to find water-not pure
water: that is obviously impossible
Have you had many failures In finding water?
He shook his head There are failures and fall
ures you know. ] have always found water when
water has been there to be found. but sometimes
that has not been In the place where II was needed
or desired
"Water-divining has fallen into such disreple
that expect you found some difficulty in getting
work at first. didn't your"
We'll you see. my friends believed In me. and
that half the battle. The smile OF the sceptical
rather hard TO bear when started. but j soon
got used TO It, and now have the courage OF many
wise men In country districts; they rarely come
from any but the lower classes. and naturally can
not bring any great intelligence TO bear upon their
discoveries, consequently they are little known be-
yond their own districts and are only employed upon
small work."