The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-06-05

, Wfitlch on piece Of paper. which
u htly ioldcd, the reader pressed tC
lis forehead, and, with wliuLl,d brow
| ana his lace sicklcd Ger with the palt
cast or thought, finally announce,
! what Is written on the paper. Ii il
SIMPLY absurd to say that Il man cal,
read that which he does not see or ca,
iicu what is written il he does not sec
1t unless it is told him. Now there arc
several ways used by the prolrsscd
ihind-rcadrr. SIcighi -of-hantl is most
employed. It is astounding to the
novice who docs not see thcJ..piccc OF
paper which he has written ON dct1ly
opened and read while his attention,
IS beng nttiaclcd. Some time the
operator following the motion of thc
mana that is writing can nearly guess
'hc Words or question:. But moro trc-
lucnily an assistant gets the question.
ana ny the same code Of signals trans
lcrS II to the mind-rcadcr by the sys-
lem OF which now speak. We will
take up the simplest form in use, tell
ing Numbers, IT'S Heller did it. OF
course do not know what Ucllcr's
exact cote was, but they arc alt ON thc
same principle. IIaidcc sat on thc
stage with her face turned away,
while Heller went into the audiences
~ coin was handed him. Can Won
tel me what hoId? he asks. s1cs:
it is a COIN replies she. She took
coin from the first letter in his uucs-
ton. Say what kind ola coin, com
tinucs Heller. Silver she rcplirs
with great promptncss. and thc nudi,
cncc arc divided in wonder and dcli,rht
Just LIKE rIIoN0GRAruY.
SHOULD the coin happen to be of Il
dain III seventeen hundred Heller
would say: "That's an old piece ;,
NOW there arc only ten figures, and
letters can easily be agreed upon TO
represent them; so, if " was Il =
| = and t 4, the question would br'
what date is tl,is? That is rrnd;Iy
understood, isn't il? Frcuucntlv thc
person VINO answers hc&iatcS and
Sn!s: 'li"ld on moment; LII have il
dlrrcllE,' and he companion at once
rccoi'FcEs the information. Now. all
,l'iS Is very simple as TO figures, but
10 give replies where number arc not
concerned is much harder. In t..r
performances in public halls the col
lection of articles from the pockets Of
the audience would not embrace u
very wide range. When YOU have
named keys. pocket-books, coins,
watches. pencils, toolhpiclis and let
icrS, the list is about exhausted, and
for I'LL such articles Il word can rusiiv
bc adopted. But suppose a maj,
comes with II piece Of raw meat in y
box; that would be a cmslcr for any
two not thoroughly Understandable.
each other, but ii could be got ovcr'
y series ofqucstiouS and side remark s
would finally convey the letters ncccs-
sary-tor Instance, the first remark
might be: Regular rs winter with
your own hard ones, ain't you?' An
lntonation might be given after will
ter, SO that The other persons attcn-
ton should be directed only at the first
three words, and so onlmtil the other
words arc conveyed. Naturally, the
people, who do this sort Of Thing do u
great deal of it to keep themselves IL
practice. II requires steady attention.
care, and above all, qucl>ncss. Both
persons must be quick as lightning,
particularly the one who does the talk
ing: l. may not have made this cxpla-
matte very clear, nor have given any
codc in use, but | have given you the
principle, and that's all / will do"