The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-27
specially able to remark this possibility
/ and noticed that it was equally posi-
bic in sone other instances.
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specially able to remark this possibility
/ and noticed that it was equally posi-
bic in some other instances
A TRANSPARENT FRAUD.
"He then asked man to write down
a name on paper and said he Wouo
| draw his face. The man wrote name
| and the mindreader soon said that the
person in mind was across the water
and presently he drew the face OF Rlcn-
ard Croker. This was correct He held
! the hand of the man while he was
reading his mind.
Il then tiled similar experiment, eX-
! cept that I refused to write down a
name. ] intended to think of an English
man, but was asked not to think Of some
j che across the water. 1 changed my
thought to Abraham Lincoln and visual
lied his face as clearly as possible. The
man held my right hand in his left and
Used his right to draw the face. He watt
ed few moments and asked me if the
man l was thinking of had Whiskers and
a long nose. | assented, and he drew
the profile with whiskers and asked me
if it was correct did not acknowledge
1T, but asked him to say who it was.
He asked ME about the whiskers again
and l indicated in a reluctant way that
they We're not quite right, when he at
once finished them and gave me the
name of Abraham Lincoln
This experiment had the best external
appearance. of any during the evening,
and is not SO easily explained as the ctn-
ers, though easily enough understood
I tween fishing and guessing and the con-
dlton that the face must be familiar to
| himself we have clear case of COIN
cldence that is not very mysterious.
The number game, however, is very
interesting, and l had to work it out
from my notes after I came home. find
above 100 and less than 1000, when the
digits are reversed will always be one
CT the following numbers: 80, 1913, 2y7,
$50, 495, 594, 693 and 1872. If you do not
see the writing done you have only to
guess the first digit, when you can name
the remainder without hesitation, as was
often done. This first digit is an inVaria-
bic index of the remainder But usually
you have a chance to read the move
ments of the writer's hand and to thus
ascertain the numbers themselves and
Subtract the smaller yourself and name
the difference. When it comes to the
larger numbers the case is a little more
complicated: if the numbers are written
down out of sight.
But | lave gone far enough in the ex-
animation of the results here to dis
cover that the first two digits are induces
a little more memory for this than in
the case of three digits. In fact, the
whole affair was transparent fraud. 2
WHAT PROF. QUACKENBOSS SAYS.
II regard the test experiments in
telepathy, as given recently in the in
t terGst OF the herald before a highly in
telhSent company, as entirely satisfae-
tory. They brought added proof to my
mind that, however scientists may diff
Ter with one another in regard to psychic
phenomena, certain phases of it are IN
d1Sputable. For instance, the expert.
ments set forth in this preceding demon
strate conclusiVely to my mind that our
subconsciouS selves are capable of pre-
jecting visual Impressions to the subcon-
scious minds OF others who are highly
sensitive to these impressions.
Take the case of the number work.
When 1 perform simple arithmetical
problem, fix the image in my con-
scious mind, transferring it thence to
MY subcorscicus mind automatically.
This is entirely communicable to the sub
his conscious mind works in harmony
with his subliminal, as with highly de-
Veloped mediums, his conscious mind re-
ceives the impression through it, be it
a number, fact name or a portrait.
The fact that there is a small percentage
of failures is no way initiates against
the success of the complete series Of
tests
In one particular I believe the medium
was correct--that entire suggestability
reader himself must be familiar with the
object: Thus, Were l to project the
image of the Shah of Persia into his
mind If I had ever seen the monarch
and the medium had not, the latter's re-
suit would be more or less inaccurate,
or perhaps fail altogether But out of
the hundreds-yes, thousands OF cele-
brated men from whom one may choose,
known to both medium and his opposite
1T is absurd to suppose that he could
guess the face or person.
LEGITIMATE TELEPATHY,
tried a great many of these portraits.
the result being invariably the same; but
In trying portraits with which the me-
dunn was not familiar 1 found more diff
] hculty and sometimes entire failure.