, 1875-07-23
MiND-READlNG.
Tests Applied to Prof. A. J. Seymour by
Tribune Reporter.
Failure Of tho Operator TO 80 Con
meet with tic AIilltl.EOrcc."
Probable and Successful Theory Of tho Art.

An advertisement in ycsterdavs inst1o Of TuE
TRlnuuk Matio tho following announcement
A wnnfcri AL. Seymour, the Mttll-1tea,;cr, Nh
ronc building, lIslac1 aud nsAolIh atrsets,
Noom IL.
reporter Of TnE TnrnuxE concluded 10 try
1tt1o OF the miraculous, aul started out to 500
tito Wonder"
lilo found that Atr. Seymour was young man,
with an Intelligent face, ami sharp. bright eyes.
Tho reporter made known hiH appetite for Tho
wonderful, md was courtcoasly received. An
other person ngog to HOG tho wonderful mind
roAdcr made hiA entry Immediately after, and
was included in tho tests. Along ono sido Of
tho room WAS a strip Of muslin about ~ feos
wide. Oil which In aquarss wetc tho namGs OF
the states ard lot ot numbers ranging from
about 20 60. Mr.. soymourdia not imdnlgo In the
" Bkilnb1e-skanlbio stuff Blutcod out by clair
voyanls md Bpritunlistin hutnbugs at their
Bca,ces, although ho uHod somo paaver Of tho
sort. It was llc enid.
PECULIAR FACULTY.
which only few posAosayd. Ills own mind
nank into q passive condition. and lo was guided
by the mind Of tic pnrsoN Gil whom Ao whB
operating, no that. II tha! person wonld Think To-
tontly Of any inject, ho wonla lo drawn towards
1t. 1t differed from nlGsEerism in sllat Instead
OF lilo opcrator bringing Tho pefson operated
upon klu CDltT1l Oh IiA WILL l1lb OWL fnItlu
went Into passive condition. and was sf7idel by
t1n mind OF tho person operated upon. The
above IL q sample bit Of 3Ir. Soymo1lr'a xpana-
t!on and 10 proceeded to take tho reporter III
baud for
A TEST,
"l0k any ache or pain about you I" Hhid 10.
mo" returned tho REPORTER.
"Tlen imagine soti havo a pain In any portion
Of your body. and concentrate your attention Oh
The reporter botionght him Of Ills loft car.
and to get up a,i idea Of pain triod 70 think
that some Arkansas gougor wns chewing At it,
Tile mind-rcAder took tho reporters loft hand m
lls and pressed It aaninat Ills foreleAd, While
forehead, shaklng hss hand continually
30 MI to manipulate tho tompteA.
Tho aubicct Bat perfectly calm md impnshiTc
with hia mind concentrated on bis left car, while
tho mind render took the hand lo pressed against
bis forehead Oh excursions to tho reportor'H foct,
knoe-capB elbows. nose, forehead anil, in fact
all over that patient individuals body aud at
last settlod Oh the right knoo as tho place
thought Of.
'sipgnlar, very singular, ipdeedt I liavo per-
formed before largo audiences with tho greatest
succoss. Can't succeed NTH everybody, though.
Generally thero are two or three III every au-
dienee With whose mind -forco cannot establish
connection. Lot mo Try YOU ngan, sir
The reporter thought tho left car would do for
A sEc0SD TnIAL
az we'll as tlrBt, and again resumed conscmpln-
tion of tint aural appendago. After n pro-
tracted ReriaB of fumbiilga by tho Minl-rea1ar
ha landed on tho reporters nose, aud was sur
prRed 70 hear that tho imaginary pain was III tho
same old plnco,
''siuYular, ,naeodl It scems rs II Just Wien
am ANXIOUS to klvo satisfactory teslb tho mind
TnEony INVENTED.
The reporter rullcctcd. II tho mind-reador
was drawn to tho places selected to him by q
forco e1traueous to himself, how could that
Sit1rgt uStnp1 T.
reader selccted places which Ind not beou pres
ont in tho ronorter's mind, and Why Was It neces-
sary to fumbto al over oEo's body before making
beectton7 II tho mind-resder raallJ establish
Cd %th the reporters mind
tEatsd on QUO Object. tho only impulse tl.at
object, and it would be simply preposteEo!'s that
sns sofee should DO oAeEted a. st. would @ eauso
cuitous fumblinea. What tlen wero tue spa'ea-
tions rolled upon by tile tnind-reador2 Tho so-
porter reflected That, when tho mind Is conoes1-
tratod on any nblcct, there is nervous tanslon
Which il manifested In nncouHoouH tromora
when tho mtnd-reader .comos fumb-
ing about the right place. In the
game OF hide, that children play, wheu
,ha person bunting Tor tho inlnS l'ddan gets
" hot, ~ thoy say I'll tho Bnmc. II mhy have
eaen noticed how excited ana tFamuloua lhoae
watching bocoma Ut tho CRITICAL moment. ~
tile aa1no way person nnaer the hands OF tho
Msnu-feaaor, %itli nerves wrought up of hH
exAotthtlonB to think inteItly Of tho object hald
In mina, aud With nervousness nc'0ascd by the
constant nianlpu!atlon Dt Tue lornucnd ami tom-
pies, would ba certain 70 lee! MI 1icreaHe OF OK
citment when tho n'tnd- -Ioader. got Lis band on
tho thing thought Of: Now, BY correlation Of
forces tnia inctcaae o. nervous o1ctat!on Tonlt'
aAsnino some form Of motion. III accordanoo
with Tie law that tue direction Or notiou ls
along tho !iAo OF least reslstance such ao'!cate
force might NATURALLY DO oxnoctea 20 escape
along souie such haeltual dha,uet Of omosion as
tue musecs coEEugstinB tue forehead, or con-
trolling tho respiration. AZ the critical period
one would hoit tho breath unconsc'oisiY for d
moMnut, knit tho brow Slightly, OF ret tile Jaw
llttlo to steady tho nerves and prevent a''y slAn
! OF coneolou1noss escaping. Now the m!nl.
| roader, with Ills hanu Oil o person'A ioruhaad
Aau temples, cAn toal the ailEhteAt 4ftiuE or an
| eyebrow. ;, Knitting Of tlo bro"s, oF-by
| tho ,Hwail Of tho maxt'lary muscle at
Its point OF Insertion on the temple
l1utloh VI tuo lAoutl. 11oA!nH halu VI kup
f7RtN nj n IN Na1lff