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rapidity with which the electricity
passed through the mans body. So
rapid it is, that there is not time for
the cells to become displaced and thus
cause harm. Not long since 1 saw
gentleman hold the poles of battery
and lady touching his arm receive a
shock. Hooked sharp but could
nothing-I touched the battery and
felt as if [ had been struck by chain
lightning. What was it that hit me?
[ could see nothing. An iron bar is
held in mid air between coils of wire,
thus overcoming gravitation. A weight
of one pound is held so closely to a
magnet that it takes lift of 400
pounds to remove it. Incandescent
lamps are lighted while held in the air
and disconnected from any wire Look
for the forces that accOmplishes all
these things and you will see no trace of
them.
Scarcely day passes that does not
mark the advent of some new machine
or device for the purpose of utilizing
the completely hidden forces of elec-
tricity and magnetism, if they can be
called two. Only few years have
elapsed since the first telegraphic in
strument made it's advent. We all
know how crude was that first method
of communication and how today we
are talking with those on the other
side of the earth almost. Recently the
great Falls of Niagara have been har-'
messed and their wonderful force, be-
fore which the viewer stands in awe, is
changed into the hidden force, cleo
tricity, and that electric force is trans
ferred hither and thither to again
revolve the wheels of great factories or
furnish lights for our parlors and
streets. If you were to secure the most
powerful microscope ever constructed
and focus it upon the small wire that
is transferring the mighty force of
Niagara you could see nothing, and if
it was powerful and rapid enough,
neither could you feel it. But more
wonderful still, we are today told how
that force can be transmitted without
a wire Messages are sent not only
through the air, but through walls of
iron and stone.
But let us pass to brief mention of
the hidden forces of the universe. The
scientist tells us that change of posi-
tiOn of any one particle in any part
of the universe necessitates change
of all other particles throughout the
universe. He tells us that by invisible
chains of force, atoms, all formes of
life, earth, stars, moons and solar sys-
TENS are connected and made interde-
pendent upon each other. There is no
corner in the vast universe for an ab-
solutely independent atom. But let us
not for one moment think that these
hidden forces have existence separate
from material medium. They travel
in the vibrations of a medium as
thoroughly hidden as the forces them
selves.
Again 1 will pass to the considera-
tiOn of other hidden forces-the hidden
forces possessed by human beings. We
are all acquainted with the "modus
Operandi" of our subsistence the
organism is supplied with force
through food and air. 1t is now we'll
known fact that healthy vigorous
organism is we'll charged with electric
ity or magnetism, and that we are con-
stantly emanating it to our surround
ings. Through experiments and inves.
tigation it has been learned that the
brain is the great factory and store
house of the magnetic force. 1t is the
force sent to the muscle IN physical
exertion; it is the force utilized by the
brain in thought and conscious' ess,
accompanying all mentality, both con-
scious and unconscious, there is motion
of the MOLECULES of the brain. Mental
action consumes life force just as
physical action does. say consumes
life force, this statement must not be
interpreted literally, for no force can
be consumed in the sense of passing to
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