Mr. Furness:  Then you have come to the conclusion that they are entirely independent of yourself.

The Medium:  No, I do not know that they are entirely independent of myself.

Mr. Furness:  Under what conditions can you influence them?

The response, which was partly inaudible at the Reporter’s seat, was understood to be:  “I cannot tell.”

Mr. Furness:  You say that, in the generality of cases, they are beyond your control?

The Medium:  Yes.

Mr. Furness:  How in the world shall we test that?

The Medium:  Well, by—­

Mr. Furness:  By—­what?  Isolating you from the table?

The Medium:  Yes.

Mr. Furness (applying his right hand, by her permission, to the Medium’s head):  Are you ever conscious of any vibration in your bones?

The Medium:  No; but sometimes it causes an exhaustion, that is, under circumstances when the raps do not come freely.

Mr. Furness:  The freer the raps come, the better for you?

The Medium:  Yes; the freer the better—­the less exhaustion.

Mr. Sellers:  But do you feel now, to-night, any untoward influence operating against you?

The Medium:  No, not to-night, for it takes quite a little while before we feel those things.

Mr. Furness:  Do these raps always have that vibratory sound—­tr-rut—­tr-rut—­tr-rut?

The Medium:  Sometimes they vary.

Mr. Furness:  As a general rule I have heard them sound so.

The Medium:  Every rap has a different sound.  For instance, when the Spirit of Mr. Seybert rapped, if the sound was a good one, you would have noticed that his rap was different from that of another.  Every one is entirely different from another.

Mr. Furness:  Do you suppose that the present conditions are such that you can throw the raps to a part of the room other than that in which you are?

The Medium:  I do not pretend to do that, but I will try to do it.

Mr. Furness and Dr. Leidy station themselves in the corner of the room, diagonally, and most remote from the pine table, at which their associates remain seated, with their hands upon the table, and ’their minds intent on having the raps produced at the corner indicated,’ as requested by the Medium, who also remains at the table.  The Medium asks, ‘Will the Spirit rap at the other side of the room,’ and, after twelve seconds, and again after forty-three seconds, repeats the inquiry.  No response is received.  The experiment is repeated with Mr. Furness and Dr. Koenig at the corner, but with a like negative result.

At this point the attention of the Committee was again directed to the attempted production of the rappings with the Medium standing upon the glass tumblers.  The lady proceeded to the space between the side-board and the wall where the last preceding test had been made, and there the tumblers were again arranged.  The Medium resumed her position upon them, with Doctors Leidy and Koenig, and Messrs. Sellers and Furness facing her.