The Green Forest tribune., 1895-09-05
Mind Reading.

LITTLE Rock, Sept. 1.--Mr. Charles
Z. Nismonger, who will commence
tour Of the country as a professional
mind reader on the inst, 1T is well
known both here and in Memphis. lie
was connected for five years in the lat
ter city with the Cotton Belt and Kan
sas City roads. He has lived here for
three years, being chief clerk of Mr.
Morrison OF the Little Rock & Memphis
Railway.
Mr.. Nismonger is man of powerful
physique and excellent mind, being
the author of isles of Feminine,
novel that received liberal comment on
its publication last year. and which
has had good sale.
Johnstone's exhibition Of mind read
ing here last winter attracted great
deal of interest, and was the occasion
of the discovery by Mr.. Nismonger Of
the wonderful talent of faculty possess
ed by him.
In parlor with few friends he said,
jestingly, that he could find concealed
articles by personal contact wita the
person who hid it, The party doubted
it, and while he was in another room,
one of them stuck a pin under a bot
tom Of chair. Completely blind 70! d.
ed, Mr.. Nismonger took the hand Of
the hider and imme mediately went to the
chair and pulled out the pin. IN a
conversation today he said on the sub
ject ''No one in the audience was
more surprised than l, when l removed
the bandage and was told of my success.
While performing the feat was con
pletely oblivious to anything pit
finding that object, and when from
under the spell had no conception of
what had traspired during that time.
If could realize what was transpiring
during that time and rememherit after
ward, could explain mind-reading,
but l cannot.
To me the first principals are com
plete mystery, but l know that the
faculty is capable of cultivation. Bv
personal contact with 90 out 100 people
l can read their minds. DO not know
why it is, but there is about l per
cent Of the people whose minds can.
not read. While am performing this
work the mental strain is intense and
the nervous tention powerful, but !
do not realize that until | come from
under the spell; then the prostration
amounts to almost a total collapse.
During the performance OF these feats
| am unconscious of any physical ex-
istance,"
Some of the most wonderful things
done by Mr.. Nismonser are having an
article hidden in some high place. lie
then finds the ladder, connects hin
self with the subject by means Of
wire, climbs up and gets the object.
There must always be some form OF
contact A note is written aud con-
cealed. He finds the note, IL IS then
f
and he goes to the blackboard and re-
produces not only the wordsin the note,
bat also the exact chiogsaph. Bishop Is
the only mindleader who has ever done
this. Nismonger win ho Ia the hand of
a'nlan who is adding cotuaa Of figures
and reproduce the totals
In reply to qnestinn as to the prao-
tical utility OF mind reaoing, Nh. Nos
monger said;
so far no practical results have
been accomplished, because hose hay
ing the faenIty were pot pgaeisoal lnen.
II will of course, be q i0ag t.lue before
any court viii consider ~ roni,e tent
testimony the evidence u . al4dt-jea,i
er as te the thoughts ot i ofiaAH>t cat
the utility will come in hy hu,.lug
stolen property and The corpse ol Hten
murdered, or the Instruments wish
which they we're killed [ aas esftap
thar criminal must keeN IL, ..tinI oa
the crime. and ain equally rergain
that can go 70 the hlftseu goods r
other evidences OF gnil IN the neae
future pronoSe 10 siy thls aad show
to the world that niad geading Is
useful art
The performance of * feat Of this
kind weuhl dispe that DOUBT in The
minds 3t many as 70 NE geuainess ef
mind -reaain4 /, might ne Wei for
the aashoyi'ies Ia PVT a nintl-reatlef to
work on L. 4 Eaimee elsi see if l'e
cannot secure evidence as te the death
of so,ne Of his n0nerans associates who
have d:sappeare& 50 scientifically.
Yet in lhi, late and enaEhte,ted age
there are many who haC, on this sub
iect. tie ideas If she early rusiaans.
One doctor Of good laeal repnte and
who {rss t.yanfited here far YEAR has