The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-15

How to Dec0me an Adept 1n
Thought Transmission.
ST. Louis Globe-Democrat.

81. Louis Giohe-Democrat.
Sir William Crookes fellow OF the Royal
Society. discoverer of thailiun, inventor OF
the radiometcr and k-ray tube, and one OF
the worlds most learned eavants, assoc
Gated with tfose schools which penetrate
especially into material things, has just
electrified the world OF deep thought by
declaring that K viii be found poss. BILE 10
telegraph without wires by simply trans
ferring thought from mind to mind at the
will or the thinker.
How would you Ike 10 make a few ex-
perimenta al home. simple tests which may
reveal your powers IN this liner IL you
can develop into an adept of this proposed
school OF teieEraphy, by which each man
Is TO become his own operator. think OF
The money You can save from postage
rates and war-taxci dtspa tches from tele-
phone calls and messenger charges,
From time TO time the writer has pre-
served records OF The more important ex-
perfmen;s made In this line both by scen-
tile men and amateur researchers. prac-
t!cally none have hitherto been presented
10 the spopuiar mind. In most OF them
have been employed parapiernalis which
any one may readily duplicate for him
self To be strictly abreast OF the times
you may substitute such enterprise for
games OF card. and the usual amuseme nts
resnrte3 Ia for willing away these long
autumn evenings or. the st.li longer ones
of winter, close upon our heels.
what ~ perhaps the most fascinating
apparatus yet used 20 establish a mental
telegraph line may be constructed as fol-
lows:
Cut out circular disks of white card
hoard, say foo. In diameter. and paste
upon eech black letter. printed ia large,
bold type. Hang she disk against a black
board or black screen or curtain dsrken
the room and focus The field ~ bulls
eye lantern upon the white disk \ birscls
lamp with good strong lens in the front
VIII serve admirably. II you with 10 act
as transmi;ter, sit In front of he disk In
equally reflected toward you from oil
parts or II. Place the person who is 10
act "a receiver IN another dark room sp,a-
rated by AZ least enc closed door Max.
your experiments when all - gu,tt Con-
fentraiD your mind Tor some minutes upon
the black letter IN the disk. The mind OF
the receiver mast be equally psssiy. ut
the same time. exactly. Both should keen
conscientious record - the impress .,,,s
dispatched ana received truless he c4itxe
distraction Of thought a second per~9a IN
the room With each may more readily do
this Tn" disks mast be arranged without
the receivers knOwi,dge aaa beside. LET
IrfS may contain RroWetfic design or
other rsusf7s IN silhouette The object ~
course. il 10 transmit the letter or reuY~
to the mind Of thv receiver Ia such TX
per!ments the varly TRIALS HsuaiIv result n
partial failures. K 40, failures absolutely.
People who have hecoGrt adept In rea.s:c
after considerable practice
AFTER concentrations Naur uste upoa
such elack ana whits figures and then tak-
ing your eyes away 0r closing them vsu
vii probably see ~ AayfiSAt the same ny
UfeS rl2FiT defesd go FeNcr4s. the hfa x
penis intensely whlte at'a sire White Of "A
Kind 81 smoky ar.Netness Fv EssEsh* mo
wht.e VII appear h.u.sh. apnfo1cAInty par
De. and The black luminous yellow
These are ihe after inar,F az aha feare
actually seen Tee receiver es f,a .,.N.-
hana. while allowing h3s mad to b. pass
i've. may begin 10 str waYy clouds. fol
lowed by a pale h,ri-h nght very brsrh,
IN ihe center A. De- becomes more ana
more sktlitH fhf tjrurts transmitted nav
gradually aafesar IN ta-.-.r tsf,.riv,,,as