Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-08-29

would have done. directed bv the indi.
vidual. In this, OF course. there was no
mind reading, but guidance only by
muscle signaling. >nppose. however. il
was required To take h6Hl of the hand
aud next tell any parsicuiar thought of
the inind-not find anything or To- do
ANYTHING that the hand N the individual
might do, but simply - take The hand
anu say, not act out, wha, ,h,. though,
was--:l3en this could oniy be- GOTTEN .ii
rett IRON the mlnj, ani in no other wlv.
rs mere muscle reading, IN this case.
would SIMPLY be impossible In this
case II would be necessary Ia sec thought
itself, to Tell what it was, which the
thrill of the muscles would no. admit OF.
And vet Young Taylor can do this. He
has been mentally requested. for in
stance, ~ play certain sir on on TIA,
organ, one Of number played by him
When catching hold Of the hand to know
What Il was. he would go 10 the organ
ana PLAY H. using both hands for the
pnrpo>-. Had H. been pi:.sing bv direc-
ton only OF the muscles ot the hand. he
could no. have let - the hand before
beginning 10 play AMI played with both
hands
"B-l he has done better even than
this. Any ngure, ot any numhes Of tig-
ures, being thought Of. he has readily
announced " hat it or they were. calln.
them ont singly OF ~ combination as de-
sired. For instance, suppose that the
f,ur,e J, 5, and ) were separately
thought Of Thcu these were prompt,
told out onc by one, anl announced sin
gly as thought Of; or suppose, again these
were thought Of AS 53o, then this num-
Der, OF 5}S, would be told Some time
ago, knowing that he did not understand
Latin, iInprovised a short Latin sen
mcnten - and asked him 10 tell me what
it was This was i1e out slowly, but
out, letter by lrttur II is proper II say,
too, that these were calle out Al once
without going over the alphabet and get
ting nj them III this way, one by one, on
the order Of table rapplng- Nothing
was said, really, Iiorr than u call out
the letters in their proper order.
without mentioning other feats. OF
this young mau, the question next occurs.
[ pon what other ground can we explain
this telling Of figures and calling out
Latin than upon the silent impress oi
mind upon minds This is the cxplana-
ton, in fact, that young Taylor gives Of
his mind reading, as it is called, or that
he only interprets everything by Hnpres-
sion. He knows nothing Of muscle read
ing, feels nothing Of the sort, sees moth
| in>, hears nothing, is not aware even OF
| anv particular exaltation OF the percep
| tiDn. l!t sim,,ls finds certain thoughts or
wishe, ot another Impressed on him His
! great difficulty he says, j. 10 get correct
| iiupre,.lon from som. who either lac.
! concentration IF mind or allow the too
| frequent intrusion ~ other thoughts into
| it. For i good effect impressions must
| be forcib.r aud sharp cut, and :he mind
must j." kept steadily aud a. exclusively
( as pos,.bir sn the subjec. lie thinks
/ the hand act, only 4, conductor Of i'm
! preston, aud rcgerls il ~ indispensable
| for tha, purpose, a. the current 2! !in
uressi6n is Transmitted in this way, with
out which hc could tell nothing In
/ conclsiou, NAV add that IN his per
! forma!.f:c< there Is usually considerable
| dlstur1a Of his physical being. His
| respiration often becomes slow and Ia
bored pulse usually goes up from ten 10
twenty beats above normal To the minute,
/ there Is heavy signing a, times, and some
times 80 much exhaustion as 10 neccssi-
tate temporary rest '--LoxtsCiie Courier
JouraH.