The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-13
D0wsER MYSTERY.
THE OWNING ROD STILL HAS STAND
ING IN ENGLAND.

Milbanke Was 0 "water Witch"
Psychological sharps have been deeply
stirred by attempts made TO fathom the
mystery Of the "dowsers." You may not
know what dowser is, and when you do
know you will probably disoredlt the exist
ence Of such person. A dowser Is a man
or woman who Is possessed of some curl
Gus occult force which gives the owner the
power to locate hidden streams Of water
flowing 200 or 400 feet below the surface of
the earth A dowser can walk over an un-
known piece Of country and point out the
exact spot where a we'll or pipes can be
sunk. He can tell the exact depth at which
water will be found, and also the number
Of gallons an hour which can be pumped
up.
Dowsers are scientifically termed hydro
scopists. The presence of subterranean
water has peculiar effect upon their nerv-
GUS systems. The dowser, when proseout-
ing his work, always carries hazel twig
In his hands. When he reaches a spot
where water is flowing underneath, the
hazel twig bends and points downward.
This sounds fantastic and unreal, but the
truth of 1t must be acknowledged or the
testimony of come Of the most respected
British peers doubted. The psychic folks
who have been investigating the dowsing
mystery have collected mass Of corrobo-
rative fact from scores of great landowners
and men who stand high in the opinion Of
the public. These men are either liars or
the doings of the dowsers are real.
There are FIVE or six professional dowsers
In England, and the leader of these ia a
young man Of 80, named Leicester Gataker
He Is accommodating fortune by his ouri-
GUS work, and he is kept SO busy that he
employs 40 assistants, who complete the
work his strange faculties map out. Dows-
ers have recently been employed by such
august personages as the Duke of Rutland,
the Duke of Beaufort, the Duke of Grafton,
Lord Jersey, Sir e. Welby Gregory and o
host of others of like prominence. Dowsers
demand rich pay, and 1t would seem that
II people of the CALDER Of those just named
did not have faith in the art they would
not take cognizanoe Of 1t by patronizing
1t and paying well for 1t too.
1t is practically agreed among those who
have studied the matter that the gift Is
not only racial with the British, but SEQ
tional, as all of the dowsers come from the
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