Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-06-27
OCCULT POWER.
Wonderful Manifestations by King,
the Mind Reader.

the Mind Reader.
The sensation the past few days has
been the marvellous performances of
Carl b. King, the renowned mind
reader, who gave free exhibition Of
his wonderful powers at Columbia
Hall, Saturday afternoon, and enter
tainments at the same place on Mon
day and Tuesday evenings. On Satur-
day, among other tests which will be
more fully described in the course OF
these comments, he sent committee
from the audience to secrete some
article at any place in the city, prom
Using to find it by proceeding over the
same route to the point selected and
returning by the same way the COM
mittee might adopt. The gentlemen
entered carriage in waiting at the
hall door, and drove by roundabout
way to the office of the STANDARD,
where an ordinary brass pin was de-
posted in one of the small compart-
ments OF type-case, many thousands
of which are necessary adjunct Of
every printing office. On returning
to the hall, Mr.. King exposed dia-
gram of the streets of the city and re-
quested a member of the committee
to go over the route with pencil and
designate the points of beginning and
end of the search. When this was
done, Mr.. King, still thoroughly blind
folded, placed the pencil on the spot
which represented the hall and ran it
rapidly over the designated route I'M
til it arrived at the point of destina-
ton. He then quickly proceeded to
the carriage with the committee, and
drove like Jehu over the some route,
avoiding only an DISTRACTED portion of
Sixth street, substituting Fifth, as
was warranted by the mental impress
of the committee, to the place where
the article was deposited, and having
found it, returned to the hall in
triumph. There was not the slight
est hesitation in this test, except
when the guide, one of the committee,
failed to concentrate his mind upon
the precise act to be done in prose-
cutting the search. There were sever
al interruptions of this nature, in
other tests, and it was evident that
some members of the committee were
much more readily placed in rhap-
port with the mind-reader than 9TH
crs.
In the manner which Mr.. King con-
ducts his exhibitions, it seems inn
possible for the practice OF any de-
ception. The committees are invaria-
bly, chosen by the audience, and each
person is in turn given some import
ant part to do as safeguards against
any possible imposition. Saturday
afternoon, and ON the two evenings
this week, many tests were given
which prove that the remarkable gift
possessed by this young man is pre-
cisely what it is claimed to be-mind-
reading. At least, that is satisfac-
tory solution of problem that would
otherwise be inexplicab!e. The blind
folding is done in separate apart
ment by two members of the COM
mittee, while another obtains from
the audience the articles to be sec
GREETED, and places them sometimes in
the most improbable places. Still
there is no hesitation. Mr.. King goes
to the precise spot, almost instantly,
and secures the article. He made no
failures.
One OF the most remarkable tasks
was the recovery of a pin placed in
one of the window curtains "a feat
rivaling the discovery Of the mythical
needle in hay-stack) and jabbing it
tho other word will adequately de-
scribe the mannerof the thrust into
a minute hole made BY its point in a
remote part of the wainscotting. The
latter act is one that cannot be done
more than once in a hundred times
with the eyes open. Another feat was
the placing Of name written by one
of the committee in a sealed envelope,
when Mr.. King gave an accurate de-
scription of the person named. wrote his
name on the envelope and delivered #
10 him.
One Of the most amusing features
of the last evenings entertainment
was the tableau arranged by Charley
Moore, one of the committeeman,
which Mr.. King reproduced to the
great amusement of the audience.
The subject pictured to the audience
was The Lone Fisherman" and an
excellent central figure for the sketch
was found in Mr.. Frost, who, with a
SLOUGH hat on his forehead and a stub
pipe in his mouth, presented the ideal
fisherman in all his languid laziness
and placid contentment. A CAD and
lash which happened to be at the
back of the stage, doubtless suggested
the subject and served for rod and
line, while the water-picture on the
stand, was conveniently metamor-
phosed into q lake. Mr.. King readily
re-arranged the details of this graphic
picture, to the boisterous delight of
the audience.
Mr.. King is without doubt the king
of mind-readers. He excels in readi.
ness and apparent ease with which
he grasps the impression of his sub
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