The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-03
THOUGHT TRANsFERENCE.
Specimens Before the Society for
Physical Culture.
From the New York Sun.

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From the New York Sun
Thought transference, automatic writ
ing. telepathy. supernormal messages and
psychical phenomena in all their forms
held forth last night at meeting of the
local branch of the Society for Psychical
Research in Hamilton hall. Columbia
College. The parent society has its head
quarters in London. and at infrequent in
tervals the members of the New York
branch come together to listen to papers
which have been read and passed upon
by the researchers across the water DR..
Richard Hodgson of Boston was the prin-
cipal speaker and the papers he read were
listened to with rapt attention by the $50
or more thought transferrers present.
In paper by Miss y, frequent contri-
butor at the meetings of the London socie-
ty. many remarkable incidents of thought
transference were presented She was
one day lying on a bench in the garden
She had been i'll, and had been carried to
the garden, so there was no possibility of
her going into the house and returning
without being conscious of it. A friend
who was staying at her home came out to
her, and said that a certain book. which
she had laid down in the hall, was miss
ing. Miss X. Immediately said IL was on
the bed in the blue room, a room, by the
way, which was seldom used. The book
was afterward found there, it having been
carried to the blue room. with a number
of other volumes, by some workmen who
had been engaged to move part of the
library.
Dr. Hodgson then read some extracts
from II. Myers third paper on THE Ex-
periences of w. Stanton Noses" an au-
tomato writer Of fame who died re-
Gently, whose literary remains he edited
Here is one of the experiences Mr.. Moses
wrote of leaving his own body On Sun
day, Jan. 25, 1884, he was seated 4 his
desk writing, in the early afternoon. He
had only arisen from a long sleep a few
hours before, and he could not possibly
account for what followed upon the theory
that he fell asleep and dreamed it. Sud
denly he found himself standing be-
side his own body, which remained seated
at the writing table Next he was aware
of the figure of the prophet, one of his
old friends from the supernatural. He
was ROBBED in blue and his long, white
beard swept his breast. The old man
told him to follow, and they glided out
of the room through the side wall, which
melted at their approach. They had a
long journey through a strange land. the
scenery of which was very beautiful, and,
in a cottage by the mountain side, he saw
his grandmother, Stanton. long dead.
The details eff his return to his body
were not very clear to him, but when he
came to himself he was still seated at
the writing table, with his pen beside
him. The ink on the paper was very dry.
but he had no idea of how long he had
been absent from his body
DR.. Hodgson then related the experience
of Michael Waters, a soldier who was in
a hospital under the care of his friend.
DR.. Chandler He said that Waters be
came unconscious one day, and, to all
appearances, he was dead His heart ceas-
ed to beat, and the breath left his body.
DR. Chandler would not believe that
the soldier was dead, so he ker rubbing
his body. Finally he called in the sur
geon of the hospital. and he said that
the doctor was merely wasting his time,
as Waters was as dead as a doornail
Still the doctor kept rubbing and rubbing
his patient, but the soldier gave no signs
of life. Finally the doctor bethougnt
himself of a bottle of ammonia which
stood on a shelf in the room. He got it
and poured a few drops between the set
teeth of Waters. The soldiers features
twitched. his eyes opened and he sat VI.
Afterward he said he was perfectly CON
scious of what DR.. Chandler had been
doing, as he sat on the mantelpiece and
watched the whole performance He had
been debating whether to go back to his
body again when the look of anxiety on
the doctors face settled the question for
him, so he went back
After the papers were all read there
was discussion as to the merits of
spirtualism and thought transference
between living persons. One of the
speakers said that he was a devout be-
lever in the appearance of disernbodied
spirits. and his remarks We're greeted with
hearty applause
Henry Sterlev. who enlisted IL, ~, r-,;..s
states army the other day in Chicago. is
slX feet six inches in height and weighs
80 pounds. He is said to be a perfect
type OF manhood, and has had a curious
MILITARY caraar. Ernn, Nov . 1900 -