The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-08-13
MIND READING

Inc subject of NIL.
attracting considerable oleadj,.
London, Mr. Lsbonchesa tteuH%S
Of the London Truth, bss' tthss n
licly exporting the tr,c las tssa%S
and bitterly denouncinns Of h
ton in bis jour- al. sss ne isss
he attacked Irving Bisb SaVas eli
performer, that be ~aop, az
week tor libel and tho way SUD-
laid at a large amount. TtbsaaA
Is the account of the intlols
DabOuchere had with Sa tve
land. d rival perfomar, vb,..
the suit "ulca
Mr. stuart. Cumberland o.O
me one day last week to 's,!s
,ne how he succeeds in 6ea rt
and other such "manitS
liza person will conosu'Alf
thoughts upon an object. se
one-wh"se perceptive fsaQ
properly trained-lakes hissl
operator will be, Mr.. Ir14
explained, inevitably drssset
spot where theis' "ThouvsaS
tnen." l said, sis muscIe y.
ITO a certain ex tent.n hssls
"hut not absolutely. Yon 'epll
watch for other indication. to "Ms
nee, if I find myself cIo ~a' %
article thought of, the hand
subjects gets hot, in other n. "
quickens. You must watsS w
indications as well as the mu,l
"But. surely, you must bavs !
confederate when you tied usl
to q man by a string, and fn svasst
object conc led by him" "ySaG N
said; Il could feel the string d,sa., Y
one way, and [ followed ths i sl
ton W. Gu 1 came near Tho au aH
the string trembled. This i v !
simpled explanation of the mv, y y
"And do you mean to s y', \
you can take hold OF a person. 10y
with one of your hands, and u Ast
the other write a series of nun Wy
that he is thinking OFF" 'Cs,,aits
not" be replied;''the persona y.
must grasp the hand with vh ~
write; my hand remains ' sIm.
passive, and he. without KNOWN
himself write, tho numtss,
"Well," I said, Il will tniu at''
something in this room, and We :,
see if you can discover itu'
thought Of a little card case that ,
lying on the table. Mr.. Cumh
land blindfOlded himself. "Whr
you do thar" 1 said. THAT !,
thoughts should not be devs,,
from what I am doing.r He IN
my hand; in u minute or two
approached the table, lovered over,
various articles upon it, and 6ns
placed my hand Oh the card ca,e
had thought all the while Of /
article, and I could feel NV h.
iuvoluntarily drawing towards
1t would take a person along time
acquire Mr.. Cun.barland's power,
perception but any one can resI
how the trick--if I may call il A.
done, by thinking of some objte.,
a table, and getting a friend to VA
his hand and try to discover it.
has only to concentrate his thou,I
upon the object aud the exact p,
where it Is, ia order to find that
hand resisls when ever it is snuebt
divert 1t from same direction town
the object which it, apparently
itself, strives to aEproch. In fact
thought acts upon the muscles MT
in tue same way as the desire
grasp something causes The hand
grasp it. In both cases the muscl
invlountarlly obey the brain. "A
how did Irving Bishop read
number of q bank note that
enclos led in an envelope with
contact with the only person ,
knew it?" I asked. "To do so
what he terms thought-readil
Mr.. Cumberland answered,
absolutely impossible. Witt
contact you can obtain no indica
OF what is pass ng in the brain
another person. as you perc
yourself If you have understo' d
exp anation.' "Then the tLiBg
a swindle,"I said. Mr.. Cumberl
smiled, And the mental PIC
hich he processes to seeoo"
Cumberland smiled again.