, 1873-08-07
ANIMAL MAGNETISM.

Tho dividing limo botWoon NAturc hnu tuo Su"
pornat,,ral ia in aomo places very obscure. d |
young gentleman OF tho namo Of ]. r. Brown, a |
resident Of Rod Oak, To-, aged II yoare, called Mt
TnE TRIBUNE Office. yesterday, In company with |
o1-sonntor Woodland, Of this city, and d gontlo-
nun from Whitesido County. 1Ir. Brown was
introduced rs ono poaHosning remarkable pBy-
c]lological powcrB, Of which tho assembled
editors wero invited to mako n test. Wo
wore informed tint, If any person would
90 to another part Of tho building
md deposit any article whatsoever in
q secret place, Mr.. Brown, being blindfoldod
would tnko the porsoh by tho hand and lend him
directly to tho place, tho only condition being
that the person dopoait1ng tho article Bhould
keep his mind intontly fixed upon It. Ono OF tho
gentlemen Of THE TRIBUNE theroupon went into
IN adjoining room, closed tho door, and placed
coin inside volume Of tho Poland Credit Mo-
bilior report, and covered this volume with asv~
oral other books. Returning, MIR. Brown, hay~
ing handkerchief tightly bound ovor his oyoB,
took this gentleman by tho loft hnnd, hold tic
hnnd for moment against his own Cilr. B.'s)
adjoining room. The door boing opened,
ho marched against ono Of tho glass
doors Of d bookcase having dozen
or more similar openings. This door boing
opened, no placed tho hand Of the gentleman,
who had Becrctel tho coin, on tho Poland Credit
l1obilcr report, and said, "Thero it is." Ho
did not claim to know tc7tat tho thing was, but
ho know whore thoplaco WAS.
Several experiments similar to tho foregoing
| woro tried, with tho invariablo result that Mr..
Brown, by placing tho hand Of tho experilnenter
on his own forohoad, was enabled to walk direct
ly to tho plaoo whore tho object had been placed.
It was nlso ascortained that if o porson should
moroly fix lis thoughts OIL my object In tho
building, Mr.. Brown would so directly to IT,,
having first placed tho porsons hnnd
ON his own head. Tho only explanation
AIr. 3. can give Of his own powers Ia, TINT, when
tho hand is placcd on his head, ho sccs u light
loading to tho object Of which that poraon ia
thinking. Ho doos not protond to road anybody'a
thoughts in any other why than this.
It iB fortunate TINT Mr. Brown WAS born In tho
nineteenth century instead OF tho seventeenth,
elso ho would hnvo been burned for witch. Az
it's probable that he will give some public oxhi"
bidons Of hia powers, VIC turn him ovor to the
"acientists." That thoro is no humbug in Liz
case, We aro fully porauaded. The experiments
to which ho submitted IN the Office OF THE TR1B
uNE, in the presence Of half Il dozen extremely
Bkoptical o1porimentors, ucen to prove tho ez'
iatonco Of physico-psychologio forco, to whicl
the namo Of animal magnetism is most com
monty applied. The existence OF such {
force has long been suspected, but tho con
ditions Of ita operation nro 30 raro, AMI
tho means Of verifying tho testimony concorn
ing it aro SO unsystematizod, that 1t has no scion
tito basiB Or recognition whatover. Az start
ing point for somo woll-auttonticatod infozma
ton upon tho subject, VIC suggest that tho modi
cal profession OF Chicago appoint committee
whose testimony would bo universally accepted
to hold acanco" with Mr. Brown, anl 70
port tho facts.