Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-31
wards moved to New York City,
where he died. He will be remems
bered by some as the one who used to
sing the "old gray mare"
stnl Thinks That" Mind Readings Is a
Chestnut.

Ou0bbuut.
Editors Tobacco Leaf Chronicle.
A my article on "mind reading"
published in your paper the 18th
inst, has been answered in the
Progress Democrat, by the mana
ger OF the noted dime museum, /
beg you viii grant me sufficient
space to write my fms, on The sub
ject. In the outstart, / will say that
it is not my intention to bet or carry
on paper controversy concerning
another mans tricks. / did not
state as fact that ventriloquism was
the explanation of this wonder; it
was given as my view OF it at that
time. When | requested Saturday
night that only the owner Of the
watch should see the numbers, the
manager misunderstanding en-
tirely the owner Of the watch--re-
piled that the lady could not do that
Can he tell instantly whose mind she
can read And does not the almost
alarming rapidity in which he goes
from one article and one person to
another-and in every instance
nearly receiving correct answers
refute his argument as to the neces.
sity of the minds being impressed
with the article before it can be read ?
Why, Mr.. Editor, she would tell you,
when asked, that you mad bouquet
on your coat before you had time 10
think about it. 1t is indeed a clever
trick, the solution of which is no
easy task,
One process Of this mind reading
is by code of sounds, full explana
ton of which is found in "Bouch.
er's Second Sight, Magic and Ventril-
oquism." Address New York Popular
Publishing Co, 81 Bond street.
Webster defines ventriloquism as
"the art of speaking in such a man
ner that the voice appears to come,
not from the person, but from some
other place, as the opposite side of the
room" According to Mr.. Harrison
there is no such thing rs ventrllo-
quism; but too many have seen and
heard the like for such an assertion
to amount to anything. OF
course when we speak OF ventrilO
quism, it is not meant that the voice
is pitched like a baseball. Out Of
the 700 witnesses referred to only
about three could be used to any
profit. A numeral with two or three
ciphers on the right side makes Il
big shoW-sound wonderful True,
we have all heard about the "lion.
claWcd wild man" 1t is also true
that we have heard about the man
in the mOOn--have seen his picture
several times. If it is possible to
tame, civiliza and well educate q
Ojld man in seven years, what aIe
not the possibilities OF one reared,
from the cradle up, under the com
bined influences Of civilization and
education? The lady" told me
what was under my hat, and she
didn't say nothing" rs was hinted
She did this when she told my for
tune Il beg the readers pardon for
having to refer to myself so much,
but | must allude to this), the sub
stance of which runs thus: "GOu
are good and upright you are intel
ligent. Your star tells us that your
good sense will detect frauds, and IN
the end will overcome your enemies.
Your future will be brighter than the
past" Such are the words of thi-
dipper into the future, diver into the
past, eXposet of the present-the
mind,reader. Charges, twenty-five
cents. With regard to the twenty
cents, our request is that the editor
of the PrOgress-DemOcrat will at
once in some way spend it for the
promotion Of truth. j. A. Y.