The Elbert County tribune., 1908-01-16

wrong SO 1t would not be right to TAX,
your money"
you can't rightfuily take my money
for am 'mind-reader' enough to know
you are trying to bluff me. So pass on
he passed on. but had not proceeded
far until again interrupted him, thus:
You are now thinking of another
man In order to throw me Off the track
can also name the other man, the one
you are now thinking of. So confiden,
am 1 that l will back that test also
with s25."
Again he tried to bluff me by telling
me that he could not conscientiously
take my money; to this quite agreed
he knew that / was right in both In,
stances, but to have acknowledged Il
would have been to commit himself
NOW here comes an interesting part
and additional proof of the accuracy OF
"mind-reading under favorable cir.
cumstances.
After the gentleman left 1 wrote
down the two names. handed them to
my roommate to keep for future refer
ence. He. too, was OF the doubling
Thomas" class. He said. DO you really
think you are right?"
NO, do not think II; l know It. In
fact, am in so passive a condition for
mental Impressions that l can con.
vince you of the accuracy and reliabil-
ity by speaking. at once. any name you
VIII concentrate your mind upon"
I'll go you" said he. 81 have the
name"
SO have l. The name you are think.
ing of is Just plain Jim Smith
You're a good guesser." said he
tSince then have learned not to
waste time on a skeptic)
I'D like to try you again, but I'll
choose much more difficult name for
you to get. l am ready"
$50 am I. You tried to throw me of
my guard by your remarks. You are
thinking of my name"
That's right" said the skeptlc, but
do not consider 1t good test. You
do not say whether it was your full
name OF not, whether with title or not
You should be definite"
you can be fully satisfied on that
point You hold in you mind merely
the name-'Ed Warman.'
well you were sure enough right
In both cases. / wonder" said the
skeptic. 'if you were right on the two
held by our friend. or. If he really had
two names in his mind"
About three months after this occur
renee the gentleman who related the
story called again, saying. THAT young
man Of whom | spoke is about to ap-
pear before the higher than earthly
courts; hence there is no need OF
further secrecy"
My roommate produced the slip OF
paper containing the two names that
l had written. but the gentleman said:
81 need no proof. | knew that night
that you were correct"
These are but few of many success.
full and, therefore. satisfactory so
called tests. All attempts have been
successful because no attempt has
ever been made by me unless the ele.
ent Fer that reason the instances
haye been comparatively rare SO
have been the results.
The sensitized plate, or the negative
of the photographer. is no more i'm.
pressible, no more accurate than is the
negative of the brain; but 1t is more
readily adjusted to conditions.
None should doubt the power of the
mind in making mental impressions
after the recent developments in New
York, wherein thought-waves were
photographed. Four well-known scien.
lists held their fingers on an inclosed
Photographic plate and while so doing
concentrated the mind intently on a
ball of surgeons gauze lying upon the
floor. When the plate was developed
the object was plainly visible.
Copyright, 1907, by Joseph b. Bowles)
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