St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-01
CORRIDOR CHAT.

Capt. S. 2. Snider was around the
Merchants good deal Yesterday after
noon, and though talking important
private business had time for a hand
shake with everyone.
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Hon. Ignatius Donnelly leaned his
back against the counter in the Mer-
chants and delivered an eloquent eu-
lOgy Oh the late John Bright, who, in
the face of the ridicule of the whole
British nation dared to come boldly out
and say that the Great Cryptogramr
had completely converted him. Mr..
Donnelly also remarked that the SNOW
which fell yesterday afternoon was
just what the farming districts needed.
Senator Whiteman-W was IN the Mer-
chants marshalling the clans shortly be-
fore the special left for Duluth. He is
rarely seen anywhere but at the Ryan.
but managed to descend to the level of
ordinary people" yesterday. He was
delighted at the prospect of acting as
host for few days, position which he
fills with much grace and savoir faire.
Senator Scheffer said yesterday, 81
don't know how it is that cannot make
speech in the senate. L can make
fairly decent one anywhere else, but
somehow, as soon as | get on my feet in
the senate chamber, my voice goes.
Senator Ives tells me Just the same
thing affects him. think it must be the
air, which is awfully foul at times"
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Representative Capser was talking to
an awfully pretty girl in the Merchants
yesterday, holding her hand in most
fatherly way, and crowd of young
Legislators were hankering after an in
PRODUCTION, but the willy German from
Sauk Center kept the beauteous
maiden all to himself.
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Senator Whiteman rushed into the
Ryan last evening delighted with the
success of the Duluth excursion. I'VE
had great time,' he said: ''band, BAN
Mayor 'Sutphin, Col. Graves, and sew
eral others made speeches. We had a
trip on the lake and drive around
town, and had as good a time as posi-
ble."
Washington Irving Bishop. the mind
reader, and his manager, j. G. Rltchie,
were around the Ryan for a few min
utes yesterday evening. On being
asked If he had recovered from his sud
den illness at Minneapolis Mr.. Bishop
SAID: ~ on know that was the Severest
test 1 ever had given me. 1t Is a severe
mental strain anyway, and the way L
was fixed there l could not
breathe. Consequently / had a
sort OF fit-a regular collapse, but
am all right now. had
to drive team of tire-engine horses
through mile and half of crowded
StreetS-streetS on which / had never
been in my life. ! was blindfolded
with wad of cotton batting tied on
with handkerchief, and my head was
encased in black bag. [ had no diff
Guilty in finding the needle, but the
strain on my mind was terrific. The
faculty of mind-reading is to a certain
degree universal. 1t is like the genius
Tor drawing, painting or music.
1t exists in greater or less de-
gree in everyone, and by 10 means
all can develop it, but those who have
the genius in a marked degree only re-
quire practice and education to become
as expert as myself. In the same way
those who have genius for art simply
require education and practice TO be-
come experts, while those in whom the
genius is very slight can never by any
amount of training become artists or
true musicians. | can not explain it,
for do not understand any more about
it than you do. | simply know that |
can read thought and demonstrate the
fact"
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Frank Clifton, speaking of the same
thing, said he knew it was true that the
faculty existed more or less generally,
and could be educated by practice
when [ was on the Chicago board of
trade" said he. 81 used TO watch mems
faces, and after some years practice
could tell in almost every case whether
a man wanted to buy or sell. This
faculty increased as made use of it."