The Indianapolis journal., 1896-04-26

weeks time He was at work In his labora-
tory IN the College de France" and appar-
fea fet hse h si onsy health Al at Snos x,1s
some poisonous effiuvi,,m emanating from the
suD1ect or his experiment Whatever the
ri nsan1sss5 mss - 4ecams constanuy "oss srs az.
internal inflammation which speedily proved
Iatai- The doctors declared the complaint to
De Bright's disease. and II may De noted. as
ease which Bernard had chiefly induced In
animals for the purpose of his inyesuga-
Satisfied for the time being with her sue
cess IN disposing OF Bernard, Mrs. Kings
lord let the viyisectors alone for few years.
is, tsui IN $50 the old wrath AGAINST them again
LOOK possession or her, and she marked down
Paul Bert and Louis Pasteur for her prey.
6ert gave her more trouble than Bernard had
oone. For months she toiled to compass MS
OBSTRUCTION oy willing" his death with all
the energy OF her extraordinary nature AT
last her desire was fulfilled. On Nov. u the
qeatn OF Paul Bert was announced sn the
Anna Kingsfords diary bears witness to
ner exuleation at the fact. "Ah.' she writes,
put this man has cost me more toll than
months have been working to compass the
death or Paul Bert. and have but just sue
ceeded. But have succeeded; the Demon
stration OF the power is complete. The Will
can and does kin, but not always with the
same rapidity. Claude Bernard died
foudroye; Paul Bert has wasted to death.
Mort de NJ. Paul Bert And nowhere
they actually are, gazing at me. as 1t were.
In the nrst column OF the Figaro-compli1,
menting, congratulating, felicitsting me. 1
have killed Paul Bert, as / killed Claude
Bernard. as I win kill Louis Pasteur. and
after him the whole tribe OF vivisectors, If
live long enough. Courage; IL Is a mag
nificent power to have, and one that trans
cends all vulgar methods of dealing out JUS
tice TO tyrants."
Her attempt on Pasteur followed, and
ffa m
did her best-or her worst-to kill him also,
anu presently he was stricken with an ILL
oratory In Paris and make a long stay on
the Riviera, But this time she had over
taxed her strength. She was prostrated and
suHerea oeyond All previous experience; Eor
lines. Then Pasteur recovered and she died.
The question that springs from these re-
Kingfords claim to "ose BOSSES 4 this o terrible
power had any scientific foundation. Did
she really cause or assist the taking off of
these men or We're their deaths merely CO.
incidences? 1t Is known that will power
can, under certain conditions, be used to
influence the thoughts and actions of an
other. Can II be also made to affect his
TO that question will be awaited with curl
osity by all who take an interest in the
problems Of existence. As for Mrs. Kings
ford herself, she never hesitated for a mo-
ment in the belief that she possessed this
awful and mysterious power. Moreover, she
believed ii belonged to others besides her
SELF and at one time she had formed the
idea OF forming a kind of association for
the furtnerance of the anti-vivisection cam
paign on her own peculiar line. While stay
ing at Ostend she proposed to Nine. Bla-
vatsky, the notorious theosophist, plan
for uniting a number of occultists in a band
for the purpose OF exercising their will
power on vivisectors, with a view % to the
abolition OF the practice, and CD to the de-
struction of the vivisectors themselves
should they be found to be hopelessly Inn
penitent. But even the robust mind OF Nine.
Blavatsky shrank from such scheme. She
protested against n as murder and refused
to have anything to do with IL. But her
arguments produced no effect upon Mrs.
Kingsford, who went through with her task
to the bitter end. She persuaded herself
that hers was '.the work OF the destroying
angel, the purger and deliverer, the smiter
of monsters, ravenous beasts of prey, drag
ons and ogres"
But what does science say?