The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-05-13

ciOus stomach tn8t Bespe1KS the culOy mcns VI
good living; and hearty laugh with which TO |
feen the digestive organs in good condition. |
He possesses nothing OF what IS termed the
sssnIritnelle" No one looking at him would
consider that he had any dealings with "spir- |
;ts;' either in this or the other world d..
On being called upon tor An explanation, he
said: ssTRe Spiritualists call this power
from the other world, Mr.. Brown calls it read
ing the mind; call it the simple trick of.de-
some twenty five years ago, when the Fox SIS
ters frst aQitated Spiritualism in this country,
and visitd philadelphia, almost every one be-
gan to try the experiment OF table-movmg;
and so at my house party OF hve Of us De.
came so accomplished in performing the tear
at first. we reduced the time to . quarter OF an
hour. Then we began to inquire: Why was
thisY And finally we hit upon the idea OF plac-
| Inc playing card under each OF our ten hands.
| Each of Us soon discovered that the card OF his
opposite neighbor was slowly moving, 50! to
tahle move in that direction, and when he hall
loed out ssSee there, old fellow, now I've
CAUGHT Won doing it yourself" he would reply,
"Wty. so are you; your card is moving:
And # our minds were to move the table to the
right. the carts would move TO the
right And so were all of them, although
each of US was entirely unconscious Of the tact
50 far q his hands were considered. That
first made me consider this question of inyol:
untary motion; but after the excitement died
away forgot all about it until about fifteen
years ago, when Professor or Doctor Barnes
we are ali professors or doctors OF something
now -a-days-Q aughter) came to this city and
performed feats similar to those of Mr.. Brown,
which he said were made through spiritual
| agency. When went to see him l watched
, him closely, and saw 1t once that secret wa
mine When went home got my party to
-k~ fHS1VN
, that bv taking a shilling tied to long string
and floating the shilling in lumber on thu
floor, BY holding the string in ous fingers th'
. movements of the string and the shilling wer'
governed entirely by our will. # We put onl
mind on it that the string and shilling should
go east and west, east and west they went; 8
With the other points Of the compass - vel
as around the circle and the STOP Then VI
) went to experimenting with the hands. an.
j we found that, although we could not do
o any ways as we'll as Mr.. Barnes, we did il sufh
GENTLY well to satisfy us that practice Dul'
make perfect. When we went again tn see Nj
: Barnes, we intimatcd our conclusions prett
strongly. much to that professors disquiet
e ude, and he was overheard to say, those fel
e lows have discovered my secret, but they mus
give me credi: for having brought it to sue
perfection After that often tried the expei
iment with my friends, and many OF my guest
It at the seashore will remember how we Pisye
1
. mans buff When Mr.. Brown performe
e here / Immediately saw that he was playln
It the same trick"
d "You will notice." continued Mr.. Whit
IS house, ssthat blindfold myself This assls
\ me in keeping my mind ON what am doinl
- If was not blindfolded would keep my eye
d shut. then request the subject to fix b
T. eyes on the person to be pointed out or the oil
J. iect to he found whenever he is near to or
" proachingit When he does this he can't ne
: conveying the motion to the muscles OF d
=. = hand Well, you notice that first walk hi
], around the room two or three times slowl
re and then. Of a sudden. make him walk quiz
se gait. If he honestly follows in structions
i. can't help letting me knew what object
. mi nd is conveying to his hand. walk hum
u quickly that he can't think OF anything els
q or he Will stumble" daughter
IS Chow do you explain your iailures!''
e ssWell, in the first place, you understar
st that | have not made buslne
ut of this "A profession 0aug
~ terA But there is another reason. l mott
s, that some hands are perfectly passive, con We
IA ing no motion whatever: others are 80 rig
10 that they are full of motion. Neither OF the
Id will suit What is wanted is the 'medlu
Te hand ito use Spiritualistic term)-a MAJ
a. that has that quiet, easy motion that Just lea
me right to the object. That Is the reason
r failed with young DR.. Gross, whose hand v
OF remarkably passive, while immediately afte
p. wards | at once succeeded with Prof Hopp
st the motions of whose hand were Of the me
X. um order"
to. Mr. wh;tehouse then proceeded to do a
mi other Of Mr. Browns tricks the selecting o
- number thought Of ont of half dozen u
'se on a table, in which he was very SUCCESSFUL