The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-24
HOW THOUGHT MOVES.
The So-CalIed Mind Reading Is
Only Muscle Reading.
THE BRAIN AN ELEcTRo-MAGNET
Phenomena which Indicate That Ham,
let Was Telling the Truth TO Hts
coed Friend Horafio.

| NJ field OF investigation 50 pregnant
with interest has been as fiErssdiy aban-
| ssoned 10 ehariasans as the domain or
| selegatny. Until very recent times Il
| has been almost entirely in the Gus
| sody Of nsounfehanks. vampires Of the
| worst type, whose claims TO consldera-
| ton rested on cunning, sf1rewdness
| ami lack OF scrupse. II we pause 10
consider that the phenomenon OF
thought transference both in the wax
ing and sleeping condition was the inf-
tiaI inspiration that evolved the sci
enoe OF metaphysics We may more
nearly appreciate how foolishly work
ers in the higher spheres OF thought
have relinausshed the keystone of
psychology to the most blatant types
OF quackery.
Telepathy means the transference OF
thought, feelings. sensations. etc, from
one person 20 another by some means
other than the recognized sense per-
ceptions Of the recipient. 1t is the
comsnu nication between mind and
mind otherwise than through the
known channels Of the senses.
The first notable fact in conjunction
with this class q cases Is that We in
variably find Keen. sympathetic bond
between the agent" and recipient"
that Is either the result of good ties.
as in the case OF relatives and between
husband and wife. or Ii is cultivated
intercourse. as between friends, or is
the outcome of a joint aspiration found
among those who seek a common goal.
That this thought transference has
taken place between persons in close
sympathy with each other is an adj
mitted fact. The following case IS Sc
ierted from the researches OF the So
ciety for Psychical Research. they hav-
ing verified the embodied facts:
Mrs Kenon Bruce started from
England to America to join her hus-
band in Nebraska On board ship
shortly after it left Queenstown she
fell ill and became delirious. She saw
her husband lying dead in the middle
OF field. and her agony was excessive
On arriving in New York she received
telegram stating that Mr.. Bruce was
thrown from horse. and had broken
his neck and this occurred at the very
hour when she, thousands of miles
away on board ship. said she saw him
lying dead in the field-as in fact he
was at the time"
In this case the elements of colll-
sion and muscle-reading are certainly
eliminated Before discussing the sa-
nent features of this case / would like
To quote another case in which collu-
sion, muscle-readlng and illness are
excluded. The 'tPopuio-Romano" re-
latas the facts In this case. declaring
they are authentic. and merely re-
pressing the full name of the recipient,
who is a distinguished young lawyer
with literary reputation. The facts
are:
Some years since, ON hot summer
afternoon, the Avvocato A., to
gether with his wife and two children,
left the house in Via Gaeta at o'clock
precisely for an evening walk. He was
In good health and spirits, but just as
they crossed the street he was sudden
~ seized with a shock through his
whole body. which caused all the
blood to leave his face. and obliged
him to support himself against the
/. wall. His wife in alarm assisted him
to steady himself. anxiousiy asking
what was the matter. He recovered
himself speedily. and was able to con-
tinue the walk. only describing an I'M
accountable perturbation and hum
ming In his ears. The evening breeze
and exercise gradually Gained and re-
vived him. and he completely regained
his usual frame. They went 10 visit
some friends, and then rested at a
cafe when towards II 80 O'Clock a storm
which had been gathering began the
first blasts OF wind, and they hurried
home. Scarcely arrived indoors, the
Avvocato A. hurried to remove
some flower pots from a balcony over
the street. taking a lamp with him.
The wind extinguished the light, so
he had to continue his operations In
the dark, only illuminated now and
then by The lightning flashes He was
just lifting the last flower vase, an or
namental one given him by his mother,
when he was startled by seeing a kind
OF black ven waving upward eiose In
front OF him. which as it rose assumed
a human form. Very much disturbed
he Immediately related the strange ap-
pearance TO HIS wife. and the pertur-
baton before experienced again over
came him. having him unable 10 sleep
all night Early in the morning came
telegram from mis- brother at Fer
rara, stating that their mother had
been suddenly seized with cerebral syn
cope the previous evening st 6 O'Clock.
and had expired at midnight. just as
the Avvocato A had seen the black
veil vanish into SPACE"
In addition u these spontaneous
eases similar results have crowned ex-
persmental efforts. ana Tn relation 10
this experimental series I would like
TO state that II mas attracted the ahlext
neurotoStsts and scientists in Europe.
who offer us the results Of series after
series of experimentation i'm which
trSnsference has taken place shrouch
all the sctlSeS~-oc tastes. gains. sounds
ideas including those relating 10 OBJ