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THE SUNDAY HERALD, SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 1890.
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THE ORIGIN VLi MIND-READER.
Mr. J. Knntlnll IJrown Declares that Ho
Tnuclitninltop IIlsTrlclcs.
"I clnlm to be tho original tnind-rcadeiV said
Mr. J. Randnll Brown, who will give an exhibi
tion of his powers at the National Theatre to
night. "Years beforo the late Washington
Irving Bishop was heard of I had given exhibi
tions of what has sinco been called mind-reading
in Chicago, In Now York, beforo tho faculty
of Yalo College, and In connection with tho
lato Dr. Gross, of Philadelphia, one of tho
most eminent physicians and scientists this
country has over produced."
"You know Washington Irving Bishop, did
you?"
"Know him ? It was through mothat ho was
made aware of his powers bb a mlnd-rcnder. I
showed him how to develop his powers at my
rooms in Now York in 1877. Bishop soou went
to England, while I went to tho "West and Aus
tralia. In England Bishop won great notoriety,
and on his return to New York this English
voguo at onco won attention for him from tho
Anglomaniacs of that city and of Boston.
Bishop undoubtedly hud wonderful gifts more
wonderful than any other man I know of ex
cept myself," said Mr. Brown modestly.
When asked how ho first becamo awaro of
his powers as a mind-reader, Mr. Brown said
that as a Echool boy In St. Louts, when ho
played hide-and-seek with his companions, and
when it came bis turn to bo "it," ho never had
any difficulty In geing straight to tho places
where the other children had hidden them
selves. They accused him of peeking, and in
order to prove that ho did not take any unfair
advantage of them housed to tie a handkerchief
over his eyes, and then, to his surprise, ho
found that it was much easier to go straight to
tho hiding youngsters. They were astonished
at this power on his part, and they used to
como up behind him, cover his oyes with their
hands, and then ask him if he really could tell
where one of their number waB who had gone
oft and was hiding somewhere else in
tho vicinity. The first time that this
was done tho children did it as a bluff.
But young Brown, by some process which
he could not understand, seemed to
jump at once to a knowledgo of
where tho particular child was, and. with the
other hoys sua clinging to mm anu Keeping
their hands on his forehead and over his oyes,
ho would find out tho place of concealment.
Ho did not suppose then that he did this by
feeling through tho hands of tho children their
thoughts, but he believes now that was tho rea
son he was able to perform those wonders.
"What Is your theory of the phenomena
which wo call mind-reading?" asked tho re
porter. "I don't care to advance any theory myself,"
said Mr. Brown, "but I will tell you of an ex
periment which Dr. Gross, of Philadelphia,
made with me in 1875 that may throw some
light on the subject: Dr. Gross got up a gal
vanometer in order to decide whether there was
any current passing over a wiro between the
head of a person whose mind was being read
and tho head of a person engaced in tho read
ing. Thero was a dial something like the face
of a compass, and it was expected that if thero
were a current developed tho needle would be
dellected this way and that way. Dr. Gross
had been the subject in many experiments made
by me. He had fixed his mind Intently upon
some object in tne room, a numDer or a uanic
note, or a peculiar name, and In each case I had,
by means of a wire connection, read the Doc
tor's thoughts. When they undertook the test
with tho galvanometer one of the party was ap
pointed to watch tho needle. The Doctor and
I took up our positions. The Doctor began to
think upon the object which he had selected,
and I placed myself In a receptive mood neces
sary to the operation. Presently the man
watching the needle noticed that it began to
move. A little while later I wrote upon a paper
a number which Dr. Gross said was correct. It
was concluded by all tho wise men there that
the moving of tho needle was due to the pass
ing through the wire of some force. What to
call that force they did not know. It was
thought that possibly thero passed from the
brain of Dr. Gross and from my brain two
forces which acted somewhat in the same way
as two currents of electricity would act. Tho
theory was advanced that possibly there was a
sort of electrical communication established be
tween our two brains."
Dr. Gross bad an Idea, as Mr. Brown relates
It now, that possibly the moving of the needlo
demonstrated that mind and matter were some
what alike; that mind was another form of
matter, and that tho connection of the two
minds by the wiro showed in tho moving needle
tho action of thought.
All through these experiments thero was a
suspicion on the part of many that Brown was
a trickster or a clever fellow at a gue6s, or that
nosslblv thero was collusion. It was then pro
posed that a test should be made in order to
prove that thero was no collusion. Ex-Governor
Pollock went down to AVilmlngton,
twenty-eight miles below Philadelphia, and Dr.
Gross, Mr. Brown, and a number of others went
to the ofllco of tho Western Union Telegraph
Company in Philadelphia. They engaged tho
use of two wires between the two cities. Ono
wiro had previously been detached from any
connection with a battery, and the ends in Wil
miugton and Philadelphia were loosened, 60
that each might bo wound around tho head of
Governor Pollock and Mr. Brown, respectively.
When all was ready a message was sent from
Philadelphia to Governor Pollock, asking him
to think intently of some particular number,
lie sent back word that he had selected the fig
ures and was ready for tho experiment. Mr.
Brown, after a very few momeuts, wrote out
tho number. Word was telegraphed to Wil
mington that tho mind-reader had aunounced
his answer. When it was telegraphed to them
Governor Pollock said that Mr. Brown had ar
livcd at tho right result.
Mr. Brown does not know exactly how to ex
plain how ho can tell at ono cud of a long wiro
what somebody else Is thinking of at tho other
end. IIo says that ho has tried tho experiment
with a long pieco of wood, but it will not suc
ceed. Iron wiro does pretty well, but ho finds
that ho can read most easily through copper.
It may bo noted hero that electricity is best
passed through copper, less easily through Iron,
and that It cannot bo transmitted through wood.
Mr. Brown declares that all these tests aro
matters of history, and that they took place
before Bishop was known.
Mr. Brown repudiates tho Idea that ho per
forms his feats by tho aid of tho unconscious
muscular action of his subjects.
. I.
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