Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-09
VERY MYSTIFYING
PROF. SEYMOUR, THE MIND READER, PER-
FORMS SEVERAL FElIS
AT The Opera Houss-Finding the Dagger, and 10
eating the Psrson-Tellng The Number On
Wash-Playilg Tune On Violin
Other Mysdiying FeaiS

The air in the Opera House last night
was full Of mystery. An occult, IN
seen power seemed TO sway the very
molecular particles Of the atmosphere,
and the wind even didn't have a chance
10 blow through whiskers. II was the
occasion Of an exhibition given by Prof.
Seymour, the mind-reader, about whom
| so much has appeared in the REGISTER
Df late. 1t was beneficiary entertain
nent given in aid of Mr.. SOrtore, one Of
be late proprletors Of the Theatre
usee, who has been dangerously sick
,r some time.
Although there was a light house the
Exhibition was we'll carried out and re-
,markable 10 its every phase. Included
I'm the throng were several prominent
citizens, alike interested in the teats,
and at one time they formed, indirectly,
part and parcel Of the entertainment.
One Of the first feats which the Pro
lessor undertook was TO find an article
hidden somewhere in the audience. A
committee OF six gentlemen had
been invited upon the stage
10 form committee, and
one Of the members took small pill
box and walked down into the audience
and hid IL in the vest pocket OF one OF
the auditors. While this was going on
the Professor was in one OF the dress
ing rooms of she stage. He then came
ont. and taking the hand Of the person
who hid the article, he walked out into
the audience, the other hand trem-
blingly resting on the back OF the
hider's neck. In a few moments he
found it concealed In the vest pocket OF
a gentleman In the audience.
The finding Of the dagger, and also
the person pretending to be stabbed, as
described In the REGISTER the other
day was also successfully given. One
OF the most interesting feats was to see
the Professor pick out the very inenti-
cal person in the audience on whom the
committee were concentrated in
thought but did not speak a word. he
described the person thought Of accu-
rately, and then pointing to him IN the
audience, asked him to stand up so that
the committee could not be mistaken in
the person.
Another feat was to have one Of the
members OF the committee write the In
itials Of some name on the inside OF
folio slate. Then blindfolned and hold
ing firmly the person who wrote the
letters, he ran his hand over a large
chart, upon which were all the letters
OF the alphabet, stopping at the right
letters exactly Ia the order they were
written. In this way he also told the
number Of certain watch on a chart
Of figures.
A novel test was the musical one.
From a chart containing list Of nearly
o hundred tunes one Of the committee
picked one out, and then the Professor
by standing on the stage, with the men,
Der OF the committee standing by his
side with his hand on the Professor S
head and the other claSped about his
wrist, he was able TO read his mind. He
took ~ a violin and played the tune
that the member OF the committee had
selected. This created long continued
applause. II should be stated right
here that all the members OF the COM
mittee were strangers to the Professor,
none Of them, with one exception, hav-
ing seen him before, making the exhibit
tion all the more remarkable. The
Professor stated that the On-lOOkerS
could call 10 meSmerism, Christian faith,
Physcic force or anything else, certain
Il was, there was an unseen wonderful
power, and he was as unable TO explain it
rs anyone else. The Professor has
made the, mind a study for SO years.