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0 ;P ANNTTM chained to no party's we cleave to truth, where'er txt a ty\7 a tvt/^i? x xl/xv 2\rv li uitx. arbitrary sway, : she leads the way." ll\ AiJV AiMyJu NEUTRAL IN POLITICS-DEVOTED TO LITERARY, COMMERCIAL djE^' AGRICULTURAL, SCIENTIFIC, GENERAL AND LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. VOLUME II. LANCASTER. C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10,134a NUMBER 27. ' -f k. s. raii rv. i ?*w-? ?? " ' EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. ; TERMS : ' I j The "Ledger" is published every Wednesday morning, at the low price of TWO DOLLARS per Annutn/ntpnid IN AD- < "V ANCE; Two dollars nnd n half, if paj- I ment be delayed three months, and THREE | DOLLARS at the end of six months. f advertiTIHO. ~ j Advertisements will be inserted nt scv ? enty-five cents per square for the first inser i tion, and thirty-seven and a half cents per square for each additional insertion. t Single insertion. on? ,lr.ll.ir Idprtfii <SbUs. } THE 1MAIDENS CHOICE. [ Alice Dempster wiw what is called a , pretty, comely girl. She was not bcauli- c ful; but she still could. Iihvo scarcely pass- v ed along the street?even in England, where beauty is less rare than in any |, country, without being noticed. Slie was t the daughter of a poor widow in a village t in Devoushirc?that picteresque afid char- 8 ming country. Mrs. Dempster had l>ecn t( the wife of a sailor, who, out of his earn- ,, ings, had bought a cottage in his native 8, hamlet, in which his widow resided after \ his death. She had little else save this , cottage, except her daughter, who was, t| indeed, a treasure of affection and love.? s But then Alice was one of those frail and 0 delicate beings, who gave pa<n while tl ey ? do pleasure to a parents henrt. From ? about twelve to eigbtceo her mother was c her devoted nurse. Never was a pale t| face, or hectic cough, or meagre form, or constant languor, watched with more in- 0 tenso anxiety by a parent; it seemed nov- ? er oft' the young girl's face. Mr*. Demp- a ster had a lodger, and he came off rather c badly but be never grumbled or complain- ^ ed ; lie would, on the eontrarr. nit will. the poor widow, and comfort her under j, affliction, with a rude kindness of manner ., which soon won her heart. v John Morrison was a railway clerk, with ii a smalt salary at a station about a mile off. He had lived with Mrs. Dempster p six years and had mainly directed the ed- o ucation of little Alice. Of a studious nnd n serious turn of thought, he spent all his leisure hours in reading. Mrs. Demjmter u sent Alice to school when a mere child ; i? but a village educational establishment is tl not usually the place to learn much in, b and thnt of Dame Potter was not an ex- y orpuon. j>ui John Morrison took h fan- ci cy to the little Alice?and finding her V fond of study and Iter book, took great g pains with her.' U About tbe ago of eighteen, Alice out- h grew ber ailments. Her cheeks tilled out, ber eyes became lustrous and clear? m her cheeks were rosy and blooming?but h Mrs. Dempster began to feel tbe effects of ci her long vigils and constant watching.? h She moved about with the trend of an y old woman ; her ap[>ctite began to fail her, and positions were gradually rcvers- tl ed. Before three mouths, a cozy arm chair in the bright sun by an open win |? dow, was the usual place of the mother, while Alice bustlod ?l>out, did tbe work it of the house, and attended to the invalid. t< Mrs. Dempster had no particular illness a ?she was simply worn out with anxiety n and fatigue.' But if she suffered she had also her reward, for Alice was now her ^ devoted nurse. ^ But Alice was eighteen, and pretty, I f) have said, and tbe men made the discov- w ery as well as her mother. John Morri- j( son, a sedate and grave young man of eigbt-and-twenty ; himself remarked it to n Mrs. Dempster, as did soon many others. In the noiirlilmrlu. J ' t. V?? u m ?rini CJIU71I' ~ ire farms, and, among others, one be- ^ longing to Mr. Clifton. Mr. Clifton was very rich, and had two sons, Walter an J Edward. Walter was a very handsome, ^ lively, pleasant fellow, Ail I of generous impulses, but somewhat too fond of riotous 7 pleasures, of the bottle and cards. With P plenty of money at bis disposal, he was " the centre of a group of frolicker* that 7 were, on many occasions, the alarm of 7 the whole country, and Walter Clifton was the wildest of the lot_ It ? true tK.t he ?u generous ; if he broke a head or " dtmsged a field, he paid the expense? P and if he broke a heart be was sorry for it k One hot summer's day, Alice was sii- ~ ting sewing by her mother's side, the win doir ?u open, end the warm air poured o in upon the face of the invalid. Her eye* * were pleasantly fixed on the honey suck- a le, jasamin, and clematis, which twined round the window, and the rose tree that < fitted the strip of garden before the boose, a but more pleasantly still on the innocent sweat face of her child. Suddenly two t horsemen pulled up before the window? r they had often been noticed before, but this eras the first time they had ever hal- i ted. a "Mrs. Dempster," said a dark, hand* a some young man, whila the other, a fair a youth, held back and bluehed, "we have t polled np to aek hr a drink of milk, or 1 beer, or anything you earn give as. It is 1 a kMf lima sines we hare drank anything < ia year house, but k will ha wilk pleasure i w# shall renew the custom." r < * i?eicome, master Ulltton," replied nj Mrs. Dempster without rising?"it is in- w Jecd a long time since you used to come ca ?nd listen to my poor 'husband's stories, ind drink his goat's milk." d< "A long time; when your daughter ur Mice there, was six years old," replied in Dlifton, "and Ned and I wore sprigs of fei joys. Poor Mr. Dempster, we missed lim very much when we came home from to cliool." \N "He often talked of you when he came tli lome from his voyages," said Mrs. Denip- wl ter, as the young men were shown in by Mice. D "I suppose you have forgotten us." con inued Walter, uddre&sing Alice, by whom W le had sat down. ly "No," exclaimed the young girl blush- sc ng?"I have forgotten neither of my old riends?Wally nor Neil." cu Meanwhile Alice, was bustling about, to ireparing a plain but wholesome lunch of of. tread and cheese, to which the gentlemen th lid ample justice- This done they re- is nained an hour in conversation, Walter in< hicfly addressing himself to Alice, Ed- ret card toher mother. so From that day Walter became a regu- ne fir, Edward an occasional visitor. Wal- he er soon allowed his admiration of Alice a i o peep torih?ho- lost no opportunity of su peaking with his eyes, and soon began sei o whisper words of affection. Alice lis- an ened with downcast looks, but made cb carcely any reply. After about a month bu .rs. Dempster asked him to take tea and p:? pend the evening. She perceived the go awning passion which w as rising on both bo ides?and as she saw no disproportion, im xcept in fortune, between a rich farmer, gii nd a merchant captain's daughter, she ras inclined to foster the feeling for her gr< bild's sake. John Morrison was to he of I'll be party?Mrs. Dempster had confided thi 3 him her secret?and after one or two a ? bjectiuns to the character of the young inc inn he consented to be present. It was sor bout an hour before tea time when he ins aine to his resolution?and as soon as he Jo ad done so, he went into the garden. loi John Morrison was a pale, good-look- trs ig man, of moderate statue. He had no res retentions to be handsome. l?nr nrm? ?' rould have looked at him without notic an lg Ilia marked and speaking countenance for ?to admire, not it* beauty, but its pow- as r and intellect. Hut why is bo now so all vorcast and sad ! Let us listen and we nu nay bear. be "And is it for tltis I have trained her ter pt Is it for ikis I have devo ed my ex- tw tenco to her lor several years?for in pli lie girl I saw the daw ning woman?to otl e the victim of the wild and reckless oi;> outh who will break her heart 1 lie- cot ause she will be rich, eusy, comfortable. Veil! if she could be happy, I should be At lad?but Walter Clifton loves with the j?| >ve of a boy?a love of impulse?give t;n im his toy and he will break it!1' vva "What are you talking to yourself about mt -> freely I" cried Alice trippling from la?- t)1( ind some bushes, where she had been |,a utting flowers for 'he evening. "But ow palo and ill you look ! Shall 1 get <J|| ou anything ?'' w|, "No, Alice. I am well in body, but 10 mind ia ill at ease." Hll "Are you ill, John 1?my friend, my ?|k rotber?M air "Ah yea l"1 cried he passionately, "there |at iiwn.,.. . r?i 11 -i. ? . .m.v ui^ii n iuui, i iirtvc IHUL'III you (o > treat me as a brother, and the idea ould never enter your head of thinking j,f to as aught else." to| "But it had mine, Alice!" cried John tin >rgetting all reserve and prudence, 'ever ty, inee you were twelve years old, I looked th< n you as ono who might bo iny future joc rife. Six years has passed awa), six in^ ing and happy years, nearly seven, dur lg which each day I have lovod you Sa tore and more. I waited, and waited, coi utting off the day of declaration until to ou were quite a young woman, and it is an ow too late." ate Alice groaned, astounded, hurt and q? Mined to the last degree. jnf "Too late,' said the unusually calm tin oung man in tones of deep and wild tin assionate feeling, and all my dreams are 'I?1 ed. I hoped, if heaven bieased ino with ha M? v- ? ? v>hi wuwvivii, iu un uwiqu wiiii you on win oar nineteenth birthday ; we could then Cot are made my two room* op *t?ir* our* ml hare left year mother your*. She "tl rould here (band no change, *are that in lace of one dhild ?he will hare two." Mi "Oh John I why did you not upealr be- ye >re t I nerer thought?I never aupp *ed wl "Alice, it wo* not to be. So r.o more on f it. I must be away, not ju*t yet; it wj rould ntartle your dear mother, but by th nd by." by Mv friend, mv brother.' exclaimed Al. W se, u the gazed on hi* (Woe, flushing eye*, ca nd tre nbling lip. ca "Hay no more, dear girl. Yon have th he prayer* and good wishes of John Mor- th iaoo." en And the young man tamed away and Al rent up to bis room. An hour later he he at down to the tea-table of lira. Deropiter, far calmer than poor Alice, who ki scarcely had cooruge to look up. The lex alk waa varied, and generally trifling, hi iYalter not being one of thoae who ean to think aufficiently aerionaly to oonvevee any at Aher war?presently he epoke of a grand N mbvcriptton ball fcr the following Thurw ra lay, in which he invited Alice, In the pi une of his mother and sisters, who ould call for her in tho old fashioned irriage. "I cannot go,' said Alice, quietly, while ?pite herself, her eyes flashed with please at tho idea?my mother cannot ream alone?besides, I dance very indifrently." "My dear Alice,' said John, in a kind ne, 'I will ta'ia care of your mamma.? Te will sit up for you until any hour of e night; go, it. will do you good, you lio never go out." "Yes, go by f.ll means," added Mrs.? em peter. "Now you cannot refuse'' continued :alter, shaking Morrison's hand hearti; 'I, Mary and Jane will be round at veil. So mind be ready." After he had gone, there were rare disssions that night. Alice had no dress go in?that had never been thought M? 11. i _<-r ... n-iuvlll. niidl III IUilU.1 HOIlOO OK en 10 ehours, both healthful and conductive cheerfulness of mind. John Morrison remained with Mrs.? mpstor despite the efforts of the Clif>s i* take him with them. For some ie nothing ? as spoken of but the boauand grace and elegfcice of Alice; then j conversation turned towards the subit of her marriage with Walter, he hav( distinctly announced his intention .o ike a formal demand of her hand on the tjrdiy, if he obtain<>d the voiiug girl's isent that night. John bit lii.s lips, and change the converiaton, opened a book d liegan to read aleud. Mrs. Demp r listened awhile, and then stillness and iet, and the silont night assorted its luence, and she fell asleep. John conned reading about half an hour, and ?n laid down his book and fell into a ep reverie. He was half asleep and If awake for an hour. Suddenly ho irted up as the clock struck four, and ind Mrs. Dempster preparing tea. ''Not home yet I" said John, smiling, te little dissipated girl." "It is so seldom she goes out," replied rs. Dempster, "I do not expect her home U" At this moment the sound of carriage heels win hearl. There were two, not e. They throw o^cn the casement. It in daylight, and within a hundred yards cy discovered the carriage and qpg side ' side. Alice was in the gig driven by 'alter, while some friends Ailed the vant spaces in the other vehicle. They mo up at the door.?Alice leaped out; en with bow, and a "good morning," o party speed away homeward. As she tared the room, both noticed that all lice's elasticity of >11 k? -? if lifeline*, ?m gone. "Yon are tired, lore," said her mother, ndly; hore h a nice eup of tea; you ok aeiiou*. I suppoee Master Waitei is been proposing to you. I suppose, 0, I shall have him here on Saturday, he threatened, and lose my ohild next ever look eo serious. It is quite natu 1, and I do not say it by way of re oach * ....... v. 11 |'.'IV I IIIVIIUIIV III' TU Ul lltT an of herself, it is true, l>ut a ball dress a serious atlair with persons of small Some. After supper the debate was mined, but with uo satisfactory result, all went to bed.?About eleven o'clock xt day, while A1 ci was turning out all r finery in search of something suitable, nan entered with a parcel for Mrs.Demp>r. It contained a beautiful ball dress nt bv Morrison, who had risen early, d gone into town on purpose to purase it. Alice turned pale and sat down, t recovering herself, bent over the kind rent to hide the tears. Mis. Dempster, od and proud mother, was in ecstacics th at the cires* and at the donor, and mediately sat down to the table to boil cutting out. When John came home that night, his [feting was indeed hearty and warm.? ie mother declared that he was more in a son to her, while Alice said scarce vord. Her look, however, was eloquent leod. It expressed gratitude, pity and row, a thousand mingled shades of feelr which words could not have expressed, hn was rather serious in his manner and te, out not t?y word or look did he \>ciy Ins peculiar state of feeling*, lie sat uling to them all that evening,while they >rked at the dress; and even made pleast and jocular remarks on Alice's taste finery and dancing, with such success to remove from the young girl's mind, remains of uneasiness. She was the >rc easily consoled, that John seemed to r rather old to l>e her husband. Walwas three and twenty, John eight and only ; Walter was handsome, John was tin ; the one was lively and gay, the ?er serious. Now all this to a girl of ;hteen, with little experience, rendered nparison useless. The evening of the ball came round, seven Alice was already dressed, and lin Morrison looked at her with undisguislied admiration, while her mother ,s, naturally enough, iu raptures, as alters always are when they gaze upon sir fair and charming offspring. About lf-past seven the carriage came. There re Walter and Edward, and twoMisae iftons, (the mother was indisposed,? 10 were in ecstacies with Alice. They I not stop long for all were young, and wore e> ger for the hour when innsic >uld i nvite them to join the dance, an ...I.? !. I 1. ? Mamma,' said Alice, gravely, "J hav ad two offers this week?one on Mon day last, and ono this morning. yol look surprised, mamma, and you my dei fnend looked vexed. I should heir," you."0"0 ?f Word9 ph,,uId vc: "On Monday, I accidently discover* that John Morrison hnd loved me as hi . future wife for six yearn " " "John!" exclaimed the mother, lookini i?d j iov'cYc";,f?r"l.""d 1 '?? ?"'' >>? 'ove. I thought him too old, too gravi W.lTer "t J 5*clion '?< 1 morning Mr. Clifton mad. L-h?nd*"d ',earb and ] ment^001^ ,lim" "*** b?lh in an,a*? "I rejected him," cried Alice gravely and dear mother, and dear John, if VJ. both will consent. I wish from this day t< be consul ere. 1 the future wife of John Mor "Alice, why i, thisf" exclaimed Mrs 1'empster, who was naturally at first in favor of the rich husband. "My Alice," Cried John, "this is too j miu li happiness. ^ by i? (his replied Alice earnestly ; Jo ? generous an.. .j J|nj YY alter ,S seltish ; because John loves you an. Walter treats yon as an incumbrance J * l,or;'- 1 declare to yo?, mother thanl !atwnfW ,OVeTJ?hn as n,ut'h n,< eMrangerJ" ' k>V">OJ "lur8ll'?" r*n/,!U7,,0ak' Jear A,ice'" cried enraptured young man, "explain all this." It is our mother who shall judge," repl.?d Alice; -I will record tj lions now clearly fixed on my memory word by word, but only one of wind I shall recollect after this morning" t&i^ me' -vou ?? *d? ab?no with mo, snul Clifton, warmly, "that I may pour out my feelings to you. I |oy0 you dearest, with all my heart and soul'. ] wish you to share my fortunes?to ho mv h?v? "f onoe " mediately. My frienda have already consented ; your mother ha, united her gladness to acquiesce?we wait your consent." rePiicd Alice, with downcast ><*? before you go any further, I have something to say to you which may change your sentiments I have a mother, who f alone, m the world, she has nolaxly to ove or nurse her, as long as she lives I can never leave her. She has for many years been my devoid nurse?wherever I go, there must she be." "Oh ! but this is nonsense, Alice," cried vv alter, instantly ; "I have got enough of old people at home. I mean to travel for a vcar or two in France and Italy, and return only when I come into my proper Then WaUer Clifton." ?aid Alice, raisng her head, and speaking firm I v "I never can be your wit; you m^eek somo one differently situated to myself.? No I Mr. Clifton, f would not leave my mother for one I had loved for years month." ?rC f?r ?ne 1 hRV? n?l khown a "IIut every one parts from their parent when they marry," said Walter, pettishvo..? V#"*1, be m,*d ? on one hand, n >oung, and fond, and rich husband, aud nil the pleasures of a continental life, ol Pans, of Italy ; on the other, a dull home, along side an old ailing woman, with the prospect of being the wife of a sprig of a clerk, perhaps, like John Morrison " Clifu,n." replied Alice, hrmlj, and almost angrily; ?jf now you were to consent a thousand times to all I could ask, I would not be your wife." "You never loved me," said Walter whose anger was roused almost to frenzy, 1 I "i!LCr t , 1 w,w d*"'*d for a while, iK'causo I knew you not. I saw you handsome and agreeable, and seem J?fn_er?U"_?;b Pafdon me, such mum-1ti?iiu1ij? cuiiio wiui it very III grace from ine. We can atill be friends." "Friends!" laughed Walter, fiercely "not I, idiot that 1 wm to believe in woman's love?in a girls. 1 a woman's?who has not yet gj^jdjjbujttknriy'f sickness." "You forget yourself MMfcflttlonsaid Alice, with a smile of pity. "And now, mamma," asked she, aftei she had repeated both conversations with scrupulous fidelity, "do you approve tin choice I have made between my two sui orn r "Heartily, my dear girl," replied Mrs Dempster, taking their two hands, "Yoi are worthy of each other." Hannu JaKb MnrridAn I Kthnv Alien ?#?- m9~rrJ ' The bells are ringing, ?f not human bells i thoae rung by angel* at ao bright a union I which truly must have been made in hea ren. And then John Morrisou got pro moted a week after, and the wedding tool pl.ioe amid pleasant and joyous smile* and all three went to Pam; and ther they are now, strange to ear, and there learned the story. Betora the first montl of their marriage, John oaane into som property worth about fire hundred a yeai Paris seemed to suit Mrs. Dempster, am it was agreed to stay there. The eottagi was let, and * similar one hired for i 0 summer, near the wood of Bologno.? - Here now dwell Mrs. Dempster and her u two children. The young couple are very r happy ; they lore each other wi'.h earnest f affection, and, unlike Clifton, who has 1 married an heiress, whom ho neglects, have never found their happiness in any 1 way marred by the presence of their mos tlier in their quiet home. From the London Alhenceum. Professor Faraday on Table Movi ng. ? > Tiie following accounts of the method r pursued and the results obtained by Prof. , Faraday iu the investigation of the sub| jeit which has taken such strange occupation of the public mind, both here and . abroad has been communicated to our columns by that high scientific authority. The subject was generally opened by Mr. , Faraday in the Times of Thursday. It , being therein intimated that the details . were to be reserved for our (this day's) publication. The communication is of great importance in the present morbid i condition of public thought?when, as Prof. Farady says the effect produced by ! the table-turners lias, without due inquiry, I been referred to electricity, to magnetism to attraction, to some unknown or hither- | to unrecognized physical power able to I effect inanimate bodies, to the revolution of the earth and even to diabolical or .supernatural agency ; and we are tempted to extract a passage from Mr. Faraday's letter to the Times which we think well worth adding to the experimental nartien lars and the commentaries with which he has favored ourselves. " I have been," says the Professor, "greatly startled by the revelation which this purely physical subject has tnade of the condition of the public mind. No doub(, there are many persons who have formed a right judgement or used a cautious reserve?for I know several such, and public communications have shown it to be so ; but their number is si most as nothing to the great body who have] believed and borne testimony, as I think, , in the cause of error. I do not here [ refer to the distinction of those who ' agree with me and tiiose who differ. i?v i the great l?ody I moan such as reject all i consideration of the equality of cause and effect?who refer the results to electricity and magnetism, yet know nothing of ihe , laws of these forces?or to attraction, yet ? show no phenomena of pure attractive i power?or to the rotation of the earth, as if the earth i evolved round the leg of a table?or to some unrecognized physical force, without inquiring whether the known forces aro not sufficient?or who even refer them to diabolical or supernatural agency, rather than suspend their judgement, or acknowledge to themselves that they are not learned enough in these matters to decide on the nature of the action. I tbink the system of education thnt could leave the mental condition of the public body in the state in which this subject has found it must have been greatly deficient in some very important principle." Experimental investigation of Table movin ' The object which I had in view in this ' inquiry was not to satisfy myself, for my conclusion had been formed already on the evidence of those who had turned tables*, but that I might be enabled to give a strong opinion, founded on facts, to the p many who applied to me for it. Yet the proof which 1 sought for, and the method | followed ill the inquiry, were precisely of the same nature as those which I should adopt in any other physical investigation. The parties with whom I have worked i 1 were very honorable, vory clear in their ] iiiicnuons, successiui ia Die-movers, very desirous of succeeding in establishing the existence of a peculiar power, thoroughly ' candid, and very effectual. It is with me a clear point that the table tnovcA when | the partios, though they strongly wish it, do not intend, and do not believe that they move it by ordinary mechanical power.? ' They say, the t iblei draws their hands : 1 that it moves first, and they have to fol- | low it?that sometimes it even moves > from under their hands. With some, the j ' tnbUv 'wiU'tuove to the right or left, acCQ?*B??> they wish or will it?with othk enW|BMWWion of tho first motion is unccmRn ; but all agree that the table ' moves *ffie hands, and not the hands the table. Though I believe the parties do r not intend to move the table, but obtain 1 the result by a quasi involuntary action? 5 still I had no doubt of the infincnce of ex' pectation upon their minds, and through that upon the success or failure of their . efforts. Tho first point, therefore, was, to i remove all objections due to expectation, having relation to the substances which I t ? ? - uugui. uoiire iu use ?so, piaiCS OI tllC , mo?t different bodies, electrically sneaking , ?namely, aand paper, mill boarn, glue, glass, moist clay, tiu foil, card-board, gut ta perch a, vulcanized rubber, wood, dec., [ were made into a bundle, and placed on i, a table, under the bands of a turner. The ft table tamed. Other bundles of other I plates were submitted to different persons li at other times?and the tables turned.? Henceforth, therefore, these substances f. may be used in the construction of sppaI ratus. Neither during their use, nor at ft other times, eould the slightest trace el eleatrieal or magnetic effects bs obtaitifl At the same trials it was readily ascer-1 ho tained that one person could produce the >n< effect; and that the motion was not ne- cai cessarily circular,but might be in a straight wa line. No form of experiment or mode of In observation that I could devise gave me pc j the slightest indication of any peculiar rul natural force. No attractions or repul- th< sions, or signs of tangential power, ap- wli peared?nor anything which could be re- nls ferred to other than the mere mechanical the pressure asserted inadvertantly by tfe see turner. I therefore proceed to analyze pci this pressure, or that part of it exerted in suf a horizontal direction :?doing so, in the ba< lirst instance, unawares to the party. A lat soft cetnent, consisting of wax and turpen- tin tine, or wax and pomatum was prepared, i aw I Four or five pieces of smooth slippery j w'i' card-board were attached one over the j cai other by little pellets of the cement, and nir the lower of these to a piece of sand-paper resting on the table; the edges of these bit sheets overlapped slightly, and on the un- V(>i tier surface a pencil was drawn over the tin laps so as to indicate position. The up- to per card-board was longer than the rest, mc sons to cover the whole from sight. Then, tin* the table-turner placed the hands upou ? the upper card, and we waited for a resuit. Now the cement was strong enough [ S|K1 | to offer considerable resistance to mecliani-! u I cal motion, and also retain the cards in j? , any new position which they might re-1 waj | <piire?and yet weak enough to jrivc way i Wei slowly to a continued force. Whcu at I ^;0! | last the tables, cards, and hands all moved I ty I to the left together, and so a true result | was obtained, I look up the pack. On j wa. | examination, it was easy to see by the wj, | displacement of the parts of the line, that me, the hand had moved further than the ta- ir,a ble, and that the latter had lagged behind t],e ?that the hand, in fact, had pushed the for upper card to the loft, and that the under lru cards and the table bad followed and been (]ut dragged by it. In other similar cases C(] when the table bad not moved, still the (00 upper card was found to have moved, ,vi, , showing that the hand had carried it in t|,c | the expected direction. It was evident cf I therefore, that tho table had not drawn cln the hand and person round, nor had it fj, moved simultaneously with the hand.? (,a The hand had left all things under it be- mt bind, and the table evidently tended con- sa, timially to keep the hand back. pRI The next step was to arrange an index, which should show whether the table or moved first, or the hand moved before the abc table, or both moved or remained at rest wa, together. At first this was done by pla- wh cing an upright pin fixed on a leaden foot still upon the table, and using that as the ful- tior crum of a light le or. The latter was ' 8['? made of a slip of foolscap paper, and the cis? short arm, about quarter of an inch long, rftti was attached to a pin proceeding from co11 the edge of a slipping card placed on the table, and prepared to receive the hands 'nst of the table-turner. The other arm, of UP 11 1-2 inches long, served for the index tabl of motion. A coin laid on the table mark- l^ul I ed the normal position of the card and apf index. At first the slipping card was at- pioi laehed to the table by the soft cement, 's and the index was either screened from the the turner, or the latter looked away; the then, before the table moved, the index csb showed that the hand was giving a resul- the tant pressure in the expected direction.? wh' The effect was never carried far enough or ' to move the table, for the motion of the '"f? | index corrected the judgement of tlie ex- Ter I periraenter, who became aware that, inadj vortently, a side force had been exerted. >nK The card was now sot free from the table, the i. c., the cement was removed. This, of the course, could not interfere with any of the tbe res oils expected by the table-turner?for 801 both the bundio of plates spoken of and sel' single cards had been freely moved on the ] tables before ; but now that the index was the I there, witnessing to the eye, and through mo j it to the rrind, of the table-turner, not the ble I slightest tendency to motion cither of the I 1 j card or of the table occurred. Indeed, ma J whether the card was left free or attached a tl to the table all motion or tendency to mo- gra tion was gone. In one particular case or * \ there was relative motion between the ta- cipl I ble and the bands. I believe that the itse hands moved in one direction ; the table- too turner was persuaded that the table moved con from under the hand in the other direc- ing tion :?a guagc standing upon the floor, or and pointing to the table, wan therefore bon set up on that and some future occasions, Ac, ?and then, neither motion of tho hand nai nor of the table occurred. not A more perfect lever apparatus was then constructed in the following manner:? Two thin boards, 9 1-2 inches by 7 inches, die were provided ; a board, 0 by 5 inches, trM was glued to the middle of the underside *ur of one of these, (to be called the table- wa board,) #> a* to raise the edges free from cr the table; bein? placed on the table, near Pa and parallel to its side^n upright pin was be. fixed close to the furthtPBge of the board, at the middle, to serve as the fulcrum for ha the indicating lever. Then, four glase n? rods, 7 inchea long and 1-4 in diameter, were placed as rollers on different parts 00 of this table-board, and the upper board 1111 placed on them ; the rods permitted any required amouunt of pressure on the boards, with a free motion of the upper on the lower, to the right and left. At the part corresponding to the pia in the mi lower board, a piece was out out of the to , upper board, and a pia atttebed there, pn I which being bent downward, entered the de lo in the en<l of the short ami of the iox lever ; this part of the lever was of rd-board ; the indicating prolongation us a straight bay-stalk, 15 inches long. order to restrain the motion of the upr board on the lower, two vulcanized jber rings were passed round both, at ; parts not resting on the table; these, ile they tied the boards together, acted 0 as springs,?and while tbey allowed ! first feeblest tendency to motion to bo n by the index, exerted before the urt board had moved a quarter of an inch, ficient power in pulling the upper boafd ?k from either side to resist a strong oral action of the hand. All being is arranged, except that the lever was ly,?the two boards were tied together i Lb a string, running parallel to the vullized rubber springs, so as to be im? ivable in relation to each other. Tliey re then placed on the table, and thcta -turner sat down to them ; the table ry shortly moved in due order, showing it the apparatus offered no impediment the action. A like apparatus, with tal rollers, produced the same result der the hands of another person. The index was now put into its place 1 the string loosened, so that the springs mid collie into play. It was soon scon, h the party that could will the motion jitlier direction, (from whom the index > purposely hidden,) that the hands re gradually creeping up in the direci before agreed upon, though the parcertainly thought they were pressing vnward only. When shown that it s so, they were truly surprised ; hut tii uiey uiieci up uieir Jiands and mediately saw the index return to its ncr1 position, they were convinced. When y looked at the index, and could see themselves whether they were proving, ly downward or obliquely, so as topro:e a resultant in the right or left handdirection, then such an effect never k place. Several tried, for a long ilo together, and with the best skill Hi ! world; hut no motion ; right or left, the table or hand, or anything else oc red. [A passage from the letter in the ncs is worth reproducing here, nsillusling in other words the value of this tthod of self conviction. "The result," s Prof. Tarady, "was, that when the rties saw the index it remained very ady ; when it was hidden from them, they looked away from it, it wavered >ut, though they believed that they alys pressed directly downward; and en the table did not move, there was I a resultant of hand force in the direci in which it was wished the table uld rnovc, which, however, was exevd quite unwittingly by the party opcng. This result it is which, in the rse of the waiting time, while the fins and hands become stiff, numb, and msiblc by continued pressure, grows to an amount sufficient to move tho lo or the substances pressed upon.? t the most valuable effect of this test (aratus (which was afterwards insdo re perfect and independent of the table) the corrective power it possesses over mind of tho table turner. As soon as " index is placed before the most e irnand they perceive?as in my presence y have always done?that it tells truly rtt 11/if ?!.?.. o ? -1 '1 ? incj me i;iC90iia^ uunuuHIU UIIIV obliquely, then all effects of table turncease, oven though the parlies persce, earnestly desiring motion, till they oine weary and worn out. No promptor checking of the hand is needed? -power is gone ; and this only because parties are made conscious of what y are really doing mechanically, and are unable unwittingly to deceive themres. . [ know that some may say it is card-board next the fingers which ves first, and that it both drags the Uand also the table-turner with f\ All iave to reply is, that the card-ivoard y in practice i>e reduced to reduced to tin sheet of paper weighing only a few ins, or to a piece of goldbeater's skin, wen the end of the lever, and (in prine) to the very cuticles of the fingem If. Thus the result* that follow are absurd to be admitted : the table bcacs an incumbrance, and a person holdout the fingers in the air, either naked tipped with goldbeater's skin or card ira, ought 10 he drawn about the room, but I refrain from considering iniagi v yet consequent results which hare hing philosophical or real in them."] \nother form of indox was applied m : A circular hole was cut in the midof the upper board, and a piece of ca1Ige paper pasted under it on the lower face of the board ; a thin slice of cork s fixed on the upper surface of the lowboard corresponding to the cartridge per *, the interval l>elween them might a'quarter of an inch or less. A needle n inln flin onH nf rtf A* y-atalka, and when ail wm in place the & odle point wa* passed through the cart Ige paper and preeaed slightly into tho rk beneath, ao aa to aland upright; then . y motion of the hand, or hand lonvd, u instantly rendered evident hj the do* ction of the hay stalk to the right or I think the apparatus 1 have described ly be useful to many who realty wish I know the truth of ueftme, ?a4 would * **redt perhaps, ewiy huami