The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-08-13
4 wonder i'm Psychology.
trr,,n the Chicago Tribune, August IL
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tE,,,,ln the Chicago l rihnnc. August a.
,rhc dividing line between nature and the
.,,n,rDatural i IN some places very obscure.
,x,un.> gentleman of the name OF u. Il.
Tr,nn a resident of Red Oak, Iowa. aged
,nrn,y.onc wears, called At the IT2banc
nnrr Yesterday in company with eN-Sena-
,n~ Woodard, Of this city. and gentleman
tr,m WhitcSidc couptr. Mr.. Brown was iil-
,.,Irrr.l as one possessing remarkable pSy-
~hoIn,i,-,l powers. Of which the assembled
c3;torS were invited TO make test. We
,y,rr informed that if any person would go
- gnothc- part OF the building and deposit
any article whatsoever in secret place, Mr..
Rrnvn. being blindfoided, would take the
n,r-on hy the hand and lead him directly to
thc Mace. the only condition being that the
nrr,on dcpoSitinS the article should keep
Il, mind intcntly fixed upon it. One OF the
,,,.nrlrmcn OF the Tribune thereupon went
mi, Nh adjoining room, closed the door, ana
oIacrd coin inside volume OF the Ioland
i-AIi,.Nobilicr report, and covered this
,a,umc with several other sbookS. Return
;nr Nr, Brown, having a handkerchief
,;,htIv bound over his eyes, took this gen.
Imam hy The left hand, held the band for n
moment against his own Mr. Brown'S) head,
g,1 then walked against the door OF the ad-
f,li.lnt room. uC lpot pSiu5 okIbSay hS
m,r,,l,rd against one Of the glass doors of a
bookcase having dozen or more similar
ro,niu.>. This door being opened, he placed
-hc hand Of the gentleman who had Secre-
t.3 ,hr coin on the Poland CrGdit-Mobiler
,.T..rr. and said There it is" He did
rat claim 10 know what the thing was, but
u. knew where the place was.
several experiments similar to the fore
coin. we're tried with the inYariable result
in,f Mr.. Brown. hv placing the hand of the
,.y,.rilnentcr on his own forehead, was en-
allied 10 walk directly to the place where the
nIirrt had been placed. 1t was also ascer-
tainrI that if 4 person should merely fix his
thoughts on any object in the building, Mr.
Brown would 20 directly to it, having first
nl,crd the persons hand on his own head.
The ONLY explanation Mr.. Brown can give
Of hi, own powers is, that when the hand is
pIscrt on his head he sees light leading to
thr object of which that person Is thinking.
He does not pretend to read anybody's
thoughts in any other way than this.
It is fortunate that Mr.. Brown was born
in the nineteenth century instead Of the
seventeenth, else he would have been burned
for witch. As it is probable shat he will
1--WE solne public exhibitions OF his powers.
wa turn him over 10 the "scientists." That
there is no humbug in this case we are fully
persuaded. The experiments to which he
submitted in the oihce Of the Tribune, in the
presence Of half dozen extremely skeptical
experimenters. seem 10 prove the existence or
4 physico-psychoogic force, to when the
name of "anima magnetism is most COM
monty applied. The existence OF such force
has long been suspected, but the conditions
md
Of verifying the testimony concerning II are
- unsystematzed, that it has no sclehtlhc
basis or recognition whatever. As "a starting
tloint for some well-authenticated Informs
ton upon the subject we suggest that the
mcdic, profession OF Chicago appoint COM
mittee, whose testimony would be uni
ycr>aly accepted, TO hold "seancc' with
Mr.. Brown, and report the facts.
From the CHICAGO Evening JournaI.l
Mr.. Brown himself is not aware Of the
call>r OF the means producing these results
He says when the subjects hand is placed
against his head rays of lambent light ap
pear 20 elnanatc from all sides of his brain
following. as he >upposcS. the thoughts OF
the other person. When al object is selected
to DC pointed ont, the mind OF the subject
being directed to it. IN unusual line
OF light appears, and this he follows steadily
which always leads him TO the object. The
size of thi, light valies with the size
Of the object. He states that VI
10 his sixth Year he was unaware
OF his singular gift. At that period
when playing with other children, he found
that contact with them produced in him pc
cuIiar sensations, sometimes pain that in a
dark room sparks ef what seemed fire would
fly from the ends of his fingers If his hands
Were brought suddenly together. His mo
,hcr used frequently to remark oddities
about him. and often spoke of them. EiSh
years ago he was led to experiment by tht
accidental passage of companions hant
across his forehead, resulting in psychic
sympathy between their minds. Shortl.
after he arrived at results similar to thoS
detailed in the trials above mentioned.