The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-18

flooring of the hearth. dropping gently
that il not broken After perceptl-
lie interval the lid OF the work table sud-
denly rose up and fell. Mrs. Jones was
aware that similar incidents attended the
deaths OF the Ainsles. her relations, ana
she and her boy knelt In prayer for the de-
parting and departed spirit. Father Jones.
who gave the story orally, and sent the
confederation by letter. adds that the death
of Mrs. Ainslie, at "A town some twelve
miles distant (the names OF the places are
unimportant), was simultaneous with the
phenomena. But at this distance of time il
would probably be difficult TO obtain exact
details of hour and minute. and the mem
DRY is apt TO exaggerate the closeness OF
coincidence. Mr.. Brown. near relation or
Father Jones. was absent from the mouse
at the time of the events, but eorroborates
TO the extent that he was Informed of them
on his return home in the afternoon. lie
was then about sixteen years of age
Father Jones adds that on July 10. 1851.
his grandmother and mother were i'm a
room with stove. The lid Of the stove
erected itself as the lid of the work table
did later. The next post brought news
of the death of the grandmother's brother.
which must have preceded by perhaps
twenty-four hours the unusual behavior OF
the stove. The elder lady regarded the
occurrence merely as a curious coincidence,
but does not seem to have had theory
of the cause of the lifting of the stove lid.
In May. 1898. china cup behaved like the
earthenware bowl. in the presence or Mrs.
Jones and Miss Jones, her daughter. The
death of third member of the same family
was simultaneous" which we may proba-
bly, take, Professionally, meaning closely
coincident. Surprising, for the sake or argu-
ment, that ''telepathic impact from a
human mind caused the agitations of the
bowl cup and table, Father Jones suggests
that the earliest case QS57), where the death
was certainly prior TO the phenomenon. may
have been produced by the mind. or brain.
of some member of the family who already
was aware of the deceaSe. perhaps the
writer of the letter announcing it.
If ii is admitted that one mind, from a
distance may influence another, as TO
produce an hallucinatory appearance, Tor
example, of the agent. IL would seem to
follow that some energy or one brain can
affect another brain. The brain is as mater
ial as a bowl a cup. or a stove, and 1t would
follow that energy from a distant brain
might conceivably set bowl or the lid OF a
table i'm motion! This would not be at all
more odd than that the thought OF distant
person, who is travelling TO a house, should
cause a knock on the door. thing entirely
believed in by many Highlanders and in
Scandinavian countries. The movements
of untouched objects in the presence of ID.
ID. Home and Eusapia Paladino and others
are copiously attested even by witnesses of
| scientific eminence at home and abroad.
But Eusapia mas been caught in the act OF
cheating. and if Home was never actually
| caught he was very much suspected. We
| good character that such events occur in
| connection with mediums, though we
| have volumes of evidence which IS not good.
We can only say that if such occurrences
| go through the form of occurring, then
probably the death warnings just reported.