The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-19
FEATS OF MIRACLE WORKER

knowledged that she was nearsighted.
anyway.
How had the picture been moved2
Ihat was the question. and while ADD
ans was recovering from hia apparent
mental and nervous exhaustion means
were discussed. An incredulOus man
suggested that 70 had been done by
some sensitive mechanism concealed
Z within The picture itself by means of
electrical rays OF currents IL would
be easy 90 place two plates of pOrce lain
back TO back and between them situate
/ The mechanism that would move the
picture Tt was examined and sounded
again. and the wooden strip down the
back was removed, but 10 seemed as
solid as before The frame OF the pie
ture, the wire that held II up, the hooks
on which it hung and the wall behind
I 10 were AN carefully Inspected. but none
gave clue 90 the mystery. Adams
could not or would not explain 10 fur
Jher than 90 say You say your saw IL
move. Perhaps it dds I don't know; /
didn't see it,"
III the picture did not move. then I
and my companions were victims of q
remarkable optical delusion. and If IL
was moved by any mechanical con-
trlNance 10 successfully defied the clos
est Inspection.
After a period Of rest Adams an
nounced that he would show the inhu-
encc of the mind on music. He struck
key on the plano, the first g above
middle q. The spectators took the note
win their voices TO impress il upon
their memories.
Now" said Adams. keep your
Tw a O rF Ia
piano"
All eyes were fixed upon the key
board. i suppose we all kept the tone
In mind. i know j did, because / want
ed the thing TO work out III 10 would.
Play that note. Play it, Play it,"
commanded Adams of the piano. stand
ing fifteen feet from it,, shaking his
hand at the inanimate thing. talking 90
h. now COaXing. now stormiug at IT,
until the KEY of G. went down and the
tone came family from the string
Keep it up. Again, Again." cried
Adams, and six or seven times the key
went down and the tone sounded.
After Adams had recovered from
this eXeriOn his brow was wet and his
hands were clammy. III was an extra
effort, he said. % accomplish this feat,
and he was not always successful I'm it,
the iid and unscreWed the piece that
covers the hammers. examining the
hammer of the @ string and the string
Itself ! went under the piano and eX-
amined every part of the bottom 81 e
for possible hidden wires that might
have been used 10 pull the key down
by electricity or otherwise I could find
none. I'm this feat Adams put TO the
test both the sense Of sight and that
of hearing. If fl were a delusiOn then
both senses were deluded.
Adams power has become known to
many people and ne is constantly inn
pOrtuned TO exert 10 for the finding of
hidden treasure, the location of mines
and like matters. He says his gift could
only be used IN a telepathic sense. II.
for instance, man had hidden treasure
from others, and the man was brought
before him, he might be able TO force
the secret from the mans mind. He
has been asked to fOretell the outcome
of horse races. but this, he says. is no
part of his gift.
Adams is a musician by profession, a
teacher of the plano and a composer of
songs. His apparently supernatural
performances are the result of wish
% amuse his friends and 90 satisfy
students of the various forms of oc-
cultIsm who flock TO him for demon
STATIONS Of his power.
He is % years Old. small of stature
slight almost 90 the point of frailty
bat with remarkable head, having an
enormous brain cavity.
He SAYS that the first evidence that
ne possessed any unusual power came
TO him when he was between u and 10
years old. One day he told his mother
that a letter 10 her was on the way.
He read TO her through space the con-
tents of the letter. and the next day
it arrived and proved him true. he
was then a student Of music. and one
day was sitting in q music store play
ing ON a plano. when, be says he felt
a presence" near him. He wheeled on
the stool and confronted a tall, dark,
bearded man, who was regarding him
ntently
My son" said the figure. Il wish to
speak 90 YOU 1 recognize I'M YOU one
of the few that nature occasionally
marks for the bearer Of her mysteries.
You have I'm YOU a power over nature
given 20 certain men in India and
other countries, but to be OF value it
must be cultivated" The boyle was
only IA years Old-Was frightened at
the words and manner of the strange
tio- ana 4loCldliucQ ana unusual
power. but the other pressed him to
relate his story. and Adams told of his
powers as a seer i'm the letter Incident.
The stranger was an East Indian. a
travelling seer and mind reader. giving
exhibitions iu the town. Adams. with
the other boys. went 20 the show. The
HindO0. after performing "a feat I'm
mind reading challenged anyone in the
audience 10 duplicate IT, Adams was
impelled by some force to accept the
challenge. To the amazement Of his
t0WnspeOple he read from a book held
in the hand of another. and called the
denomination of coins in the Hindo0's
pocket That gave him a start. and ne
pracuced such feats after the HindOO
went away and became an expert in
simple teiegathy
His powers in the Influence Of mind
over matter as he terms the faculty.
developed gradually.-St Louis Post
Dispatch
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