The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-11-13
ANYBODY CAN DO IT.
Mind Reading" Is Within the Reach Of
the Humblest Citizen How to Accom-
plish 1t.


la Sunday mornings Press appeared a !
long article giving an account OF the ex
periments Of j. G.. Brown. the so-called
mined reader" before several of the
learned faculty of Yale college. To say
the least it is somewhat remarkable to see
professors of Y ale college unduly surprised
by the performances of Brown, when the
performances of the very same somewhat
miraculous feat lies within the power of
almost any person. Mind reading, as per-
formed by Mr.. Brown, is but simple par
lOr amusement, which can be shown any
evening, when the proper conditions,
which are simple, are complied with.
Illustrative of this fact, little personal
experience may be detailed:
More than three months ago Press re-
porter, spending the evening with a party
of young ladies' and gentlemen, first saw
the same principle exhibited, and the very
same feat which Mr. Brown performed
upon his first experiment shown. A
young lady Of the party was blindfolded.
One of the party then took small table
mat and carried it into another room, plac-
ing it upon stand Returning, the ladys
bhndfolded, took with her left hand the
right hand Of the person who had placed
the mat in the other room, and she pla-
ced her right hand for few moments up
on her componion's forehead. After
standing in this position for a very short
time the right hand was removed from the
forehead, and raising the left hand of her
companion, still holding it in her own, to
her forehead, she went directly Though
intricate passage-ways to the very article.
After this experiment the same was re-
peated with other members Of the party,
the articles each tune being different aud
placed in place unknown to the person
blindfolded The reporter was one of the
number who took the character of the
blind goddess" for the performance o.
two experiments. After being biindfolded
and the articles hidden, he began the
search for it, going directly to it at frs
and unconscious Of his relative position il
the house, and, believing he wasktill going
forward in straight line, he suddenly
came to a pause and experienced the
strangest feeling he lad ever known in hi
life, 1t is hard to explain it, but it wa:
more like endeayoring to fly, without
knowing how to begin-a seeming effort tC
go up after something. Ibis sensation is
explained by the fact that the article Sc
creted had been placed some distance
above bis reach. Instead of going direct
ly forward as be supposed, he was told he
had continued to walk by the article with
out stopping, going from it for a short
time but Immediately returning The
experience during the second experiment
was much the same. He is told that he
passed the article more than a dozen
times. then pausiDg before it. The article
was placed below his head, aud he only re
members feeling a sensation similar to
some one pressing gently on the back Of
the head, and realized that his head was
pressed upon book-the article of which
he was in search--ssfely deposited in tbs
lap of a young lady.
The only conditions necessary are tina
the person whom the then blindfolded per
son leads, should keep the mind inteDtly OIL
the object and where it is hidden. The
mind reader" must as well keep his mind
intent on the fact that he searches for
something Theexperiment is decided
ly amusing one which does admirable to
while away an evening While the re-
porter has never seen the other expert
ments detailed in the article in Sunday s