The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-04
she STANDS TEST.
Eusapia Puzzled the Scientist in
italian City.
She has Never Been Educated, but
Converscs in Several Languages
While in Trance.

Palladina, the well-known Neopo-
Titan medium, who was rather a fail
ure when she appeared before the
Physical Research society in London
a few years ago, has just subjected
herself to a series of experiments
held under the auspices of the Uni !
versity Of Naples, and participated
in by Profs. Bottazzl and Galeotti
and other 1ell-known scientists. Eu-
sapia is an ignorant woman, and is
known to have received no education
whatever. Nevertheless, while in a
trance she is able to converse in sew
eral modern languages, and writes
in each Of them in a script that is
like copper plate.
At the University of Naples the
professors deliberately set traps for
her, placing objects with which she
could bring about effects within
reach of her hand and fixing electric
lights close by so as to throw instant
illumination upon them if she at
tempted to make use Of them. A dish
containing clay to receive possible
holdings or marks was placed at a.
considerable distance from the med.
medium. and her hands were care
fully controlled by two persons,
when she suddenly stretched out the
three middle fingers Of one hand,
and, rubbing the under part Of her
fingers on the table in front of her,
said: How hard it is! What is it?"
AS there was nothing on the table
she was asked to what she referred,
and she replied:
1t is hardclay. Iwish it taken
away. do not need it. =
When the professors came to eX-
anime the distant dish Of clay it was
found to have the marks Of three
fingers upon it, Of which the move
ments corresponded exactly to those
which had. been made py the medi-
um. on the table, and it appeared as
though she were able in some way to
transmit the sensational Of her own
hands to a distance.
In one Of the experiments the
wrists Of Eusapia were tied to two
iron rings fixed in the floor; the
cords that held her were knotted and
sealed, and yet under these condi-
ticns a bottle Of water was carried
about, and a seat and large human
hands were seen to apper. Prof. Gal
eotti declares that, while he was hold
ing Eusapia by the hands, he distinct
ly, saw a double figure in her place,
with identical arms, which, how
ever, were held in different posi-
tons.
Prof. Bottazzi, the leader Of the
experir ents, once touched the fng-
ers Of Elsapia, and an electric light,
the tap Of which had been fixed in
side her cabinet, but out Of her
reach, was lighted four or five times,
and as many times extinguished.
Prof. BJttazzi also had a large and
apparently natural human hand laid
upon his neck, his head, and his arm.
Each time he was able to touch it.,
and, when on his arm, to seeit by
suddenly touching on the electric
lights, when it was not dragged away
but fadded out Of sight and touch as
he held it.
In these and other similar expert
ments the scientific men present are
agreed that fraud was practically i'm
possible. They all, however, exclude
any supernatural or spiritual explain
alton, and can only suggest that Eu-
sapia Pal!adino's manifestatic2:s: G: are
biological phenomena. dependent
upon the organism Of the medium.
who at will can double or increase
the range Of her psychic personality,
and even her physiological personal
ity.