The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-03-07
EVERY MAN HIS OWN MIND READER.
The Astonishing Discovery of Georgia
Amateur Scientist.

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The Astonishing Discovery of Georgia
Amateur Scientist.
(From the Lexington, Ga, Echo)
Just at present there is no small
amount OF talk and excitement IN Lex
ington over what may prove to be one
of the greatest discoveries Of the nine
teenth century. It is nothing less than
the fact that everybody is gifted more OF
less with the heretofore wonderful pow
er of mind-reading.
Our readers will remember that last
week we locally mentioned that Lex
ington young man had discovered that
he was gifted in that way. The young
man alluded to was Mr.. q. b. Clark,
and, while he did not want his name
made public just then, promised to let
us see his power that we might the bet
ter Judge It. We did not have to wait
long. Friday he invited us to witness
private seance that would be given at
Mr.. J. T. Arnold's that evening after
tea. We had before seen what purport-
ed to be mind-reading, and had no rea-
son to doubt that Mr.. Clark had the
gift.
But we were wholly unprepared for
the Developments that were to be made
that evening.
The nights performance was made up
of tests given different ones (for it was
found that all present possessed more or
less the gift of finding the objects that
were thought of by some other person.
These tests were conducted in this wise:
The medium or mind-reader would be
brought into the room blindfolded; one
or two persons would firmly grasp their
hands and place their fingers upon the
back of their neck over the spinal cord,
thinking intensely of whatever object
was seIected-while the mind-reader would
almost abandon all thought from his
mind. Quickly there would be an In
clination upon the part of the person
blindfolded to move, and following his
inclination they would go directly to the
object thought Of. Ii it was willed by
the parties who had them in charge to
pick up the object, their hands would
unerringly go to it and grasp it, seem
ingly without any effort whatever on the
part of the mind-reader. It is wonder
ful to see what difficult feats were thus
performed.
One test was that Mr.. Clark should
upon entering the room, go to the man
tie, take therefrom plaque, go to GER
tain person in the room, take from her
hands corkscrew, place it in the plaque
and carry both the plaque and contents
to another person in the room. He was
then to get small basket that had
been placed in another part of the room,
find key that had been hidden else
where, place the key in the basket and
then deposit the basket on a foot Of q
bed. All this was done as well as it
could have been done by any one in the
room without the blindfold and knowing
exactly Of what the test consisted.
Equally as difficult tests we're given
almost every one il the room, and were
gone through with about as much
promptness and correctness, which goes
to prove that every one is possessed,
more or less, with the gift, or sixth
sense as it might be termed. We tried
it ourself, and though We could not as
well perform such feats as did Messrs.
Olive and Clark, We were convinced that
We were not without the sense.
The sensation that one feels while be-
ing thus under the control Of the mind
or will power of another is peculiar.
While you are fully conscious, there
comes over one somewhat comatose
feeling as if partly asleep and yet awake.
There comes upon the subject an incl
nation to move in whatever direction the
minds of those beside him direct. With
those who are the best subjects this In
clination is almost uncomfortable; they
are carried along by it as by force.
Whatever enters the mind of the con-
ductor is Immediately taken up by the
medium and his inclinations guide him
to whatever is thought of.
Friday night every test that could be
thought of was tried, the most wonder
full being to give the name Of a person
thought of by the ones who had hold OF
the readers hands. Though failures
were made at this, it was successfully
done several times, one of these times
being with Mr.. Olive. Not knowing of
what the test would consist, he was
brought into the room and led before
one os the guests. It was planned that
those who had him in charge would
think of the features of the person. This
they did. After some time Mr.. Olive
said that he felt no inclination to do any
thing; that he had nothing in his mind
bat the features of this person. He did
not know before whom he stood, which
showed plainly that his mind was gov
erned by the thoughts of those beside
him.
All these tests were made with the ut
most fairness and with no other object
than to fully ascertain who had the pow
er and in how far they would be gov
erned by the thoughts of others.
Huge Trees.
In private letter to a gentleman IN
this city, from Col. Jno. D. Whitford,
there is an account of some forest giants
lately measured in Greene and Wilson
counties on Contentnea Creek, One
nine free measured % feet in clrcumfer-