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Show m IsCIENi'iSTG HARNECS CUI.TAII YILL lr.tOVE A IOIUj 59. .flf l 1 r B K nil pride oureelves upon our 21 V stronc: v. power. Wc all feel M jf tharwe can make a man sitting fn M nliead of us in the street car Uljt turn around 11 we look at tbe iJJL back of bis neck Ions enough ggand will him to turn. "See Hint pretty JSl'itl sitting three seats abend of ? UlJL Watch me make her turn round T we jjuaUave all heard, possibly; nnd wo thouplit 'riUfnotliing ot u wlll,u t,ie .V0UD? ,ady iu fiylnuestiori did turn around iu response t Wtbe silent will. Yet, if true, this fact is Rfnr more scientifically cstraordiunry, a-HMt. a-HMt. A J. iiulfour Indicated, than tin PBcrash of worlds und the end of our earth; tffin space For the latter events have annl-logies. annl-logies. tbe former none. $& If. tlu-n. the human will enn l cierted Ml in tbe mauncr described it Is a remnrkably Himportaut evcut, aud still more important plif It could be proved that the human v. ill "iis a definite physical energy, capable of 5inoving certain material objcct3. or of Wbcing rcsistered by raeaus of a moving y4nccdlc or n scale. Yet this is what has ttibecn accomplished, aud the will thereby B proved to be a physical energy, a ucw Bforcc JUbl as new a8 electricity or ning-Buctibm, ning-Buctibm, but a thousand limes more intcr-Bs'ins, intcr-Bs'ins, ince WJ n" possess it within our-IKbclves our-IKbclves 1 mt That -the jutunn will is a physical en-(Rcrgy en-(Rcrgy can be proved by cieans of a specially W constructed iustrument, which la IIIub-il IIIub-il .trated. The iriHtniment in question was I Invented by Professor Alrutz, of the Uni-H Uni-H orslty of Upsaia, Sweden, known a a I careful observer aud for his works upon K psychology. These instruments are not It sold. Unly two of them exist in the world. II One of these is In Professor Alrutz'b laboratory, nud the other is iu the posses-, posses-, ion of Mr llerewanl Carringlon, of New ! York city, n well known peyehic investigator, investiga-tor, who brought Kusupia Tallndlno to tho : United States for investigation several , ycnrB ago. Ever since that time Mr. Car- Irlngton had been quietly carrying on a serin of experiments in an endeavor to prove the reality of the Italian medium's n.anifestntions by analogous mcthodn; and Lr believes that he baa at last found an in- sti-ument which will demonstrate beyond nil doubt that the will of a certain per-'.eiitoge per-'.eiitoge of persons can be proved to exert ii definite physical pressure: and be hopc9 to prove this to tbe sceptical world soon. The appliance is simple enough, nnd lacks nil the elaborate and delica'j connivances con-nivances which one would expect in an instrument of tbe kind. It consists simply of two boards, one placed flat on the table, und the other balanced on two A-ooden plus which project from the lower "o;ird, The long end of tbe upper board p supported by a .trins attached to spring balance. In this position the upper board wcichs five ounces. It caunot be made to weigh more. The-bnnds arc placed ou tbe whorl eud of the board. If auy physical pressure be exerted on ibis end of tbe board it will have the effect of making mak-ing the long cud of the board ko upward, which is precisely what is not wanted, for it will ronkr he board weigh less. Thn greater the pressure of the bauds the Ifss i the board will weigh. If tbe bauds be taijen off altogether tbe board weighs five ounces. It cannot be made to weigh oil or seven pr more ounces. If at any time the hcalcs register ;i pressure of six or more ounces, ii must be due either to n pull upward by the fingers or u pressure exerteJ at the long pud of the board. The fingers cannot pull upward, by reason of their position on the board; the hands were always es-ainiued es-ainiued carefully lo see they contulued nothing bticky. It was always light enough to sec that un threads or hairs Were employed. Besides, these experiments experi-ments were not conducted upon professional profes-sional mediums, but with persons who were Interested in the subject from d scientific point of view and who possessed the suitable temperament. Every one cannot move the board; only a certain percentage of those who try ponsess the pcculiur power, whatever it may be. to cniiBC a definite deflexion of the spring balance, In obedience to their silent wilL Professor AlrnU tried the board with several of his frieud, and among ihem found three or four who could cause definite movements of the balance, Ho then tried several women of yood families, fami-lies, aud aguiu be found a certain percentage per-centage who could move it. lie then took tho board with him to the Psychological Congress, at Gcncvn, and tried several of i the members of the congress before the 'scientist assembled. I Of those who tried he fouud one in particular who could imnn.' u continued di'presiou of several grammes, purely by an effort of will. She would look at the (board, wait some lime to "charge it up," jso to say, and tiiuilly look at the far cud I of the board and cause il to descend, as (though invisible rayi emanated from her 'eyes and presjed the board downward I in response to her silent will. If she did 'not look at the board it wus uot depressed. de-pressed. These experiments were seen by nil the attendant scientists, and the facts were thought tn be established beyond question ques-tion by those who saw them. Tho following is an account of one of these trial with two women nR subjecta. Uolh placed their hands on the board together, to-gether, and the depressions were of very long duration. In these experiments tooted paper was placed under the hands 'of th experimenters. It was noted that better result-" were obtained it one of them cried "Now," when the board was lo be I depressed. The drslre lo sleep was stroug j after these ttials, often noted iu psychic 'experiments. In one instance the sub-'jeot sub-'jeot really did fall asleep during the experiment. ex-periment. An odd fact which should be 'noted in this connection iu that no results . wre obtained unless the subject looked at the loug end of the board while the will was being operated. Mr. Carriugton believes the movements noted in connection with Ibis hoard arc extremely important scientifically, tlnd that the proof that the human will j5 a physical energy throws a new light on many obscure psychological and physical phenomena. He hopes to elabornte liii theories at length and publish them in nn exhaustive treatise later. i "I believe it is now proved beyond ajlj doubt Unit certain human organism Jean move material objects at a distance by the exercise of their will power," be said. "This has been established sden-j sden-j tilically and on a firm basis by means of this little Instrument, where all possibility possi-bility of fraud nnd deception is absent, Thi new proof thnl tbe will is a physical physi-cal energy is of great importance, for :i variety of reason-; In the first place, u throws a new light on the nature of the liumini will, which is not to-day considered con-sidered to be an energy by psychologists, but nuber an effort of attention, coupled with choice. "In the second place we have here a, 1 hew force, just as new as any olheri force, and the discovery of tin' energy j will prove just as certain. Proof that the human will is a physical energy is( also important, as affecting tbe doctrine1 of the conber.ilioii of energy, for wci should Lave here a ucw energy, which must apparently be included In the lnwj of conservation, yet it would be bard to ceo how his couhl ne o, or how It is jdenved from other energies, or how I transmuted into thuuit as the law says it j must be. ! "It also throws nn entirely new light mi the much disputed problem of free I will, aud seems to settle ihe Muestiou !in favor or free wijl. for uue of the chief objections to the theory always has been tbe apparent impossibility of conceiving con-ceiving the will, considered as hu immaterial im-material tliinp. arfectin? tho brain, or altering al-tering the arrangement of its molecules or delicate nerve ceutres. Uul i: um ui b a physical energy it might thus effect them and the chief scientific objsctiou to free will would h?e been abolished: I "Further, the connection of mind and 'matter brain and thought, would receive 'a new interpretation. This is one of ibe Lost disputed .potion in the who e history his-tory of philosophy, but if aualyzed it wi 1 'be fouud the objection Ik that the will, being a non-phyuJcni energy, cannot af-feet af-feet the brain. But if it Is a physical energy en-ergy Hub objection is at once removed, finally, the question of the origin of forces" and tun origin of our world receives re-ceives a new Interpretation. I hope to explain ex-plain this fully in the near future. For the present. I would say that this fact that tbe human will is a definite force is one of tbe most important in the whole history of science ; and it isMra. which will, I nm persuaded, be nroved be-fore be-fore many months have pass,af by means of the little instrument which I hue in my possession." |