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be one of the drug* weakened by a cheaper
article, and another drug may be In full
force, and so the peracnpu >u may hare Jus*
the opposite effect intended. Oil of worm
wood warranted pure from Bowton was
found to hare 41 per cent, of resin aDd
alcohol and chloroform. [Scamm er is one
of the most valuable medical drug*. It is
very rare, very precioua It is the sap
or the gum of a tree or a bush in STria
The root of the tree is exposed, an incision
is made into the root and then
shells are placed at this incision to
catch the sap or the gum as it
erodes. It is very precious.this scammocy.
But the peasant mixes it with cheaper ma
terial ; 'hen it is taken to Aleppo, and tta
merchant there mixes it with a cheaper .
material: then it comes on to the wboitaaie ■
druggist in London or New York, and he
mlxse it with a cheaper material; then it
comes to the retail druggists, and he mixta
it with a cheaper material, and by the time
the poor sick man gets it into his bottle it is
ashes and chalk and sand, and some of what
has been called pure scammony after analy
sis has been found to be no scammony
at all.
Now, practical religion will yet rectify
all this. It will g • to those hypocritical
professors of religion who got a “corner" in
corn and wheat in Chicago and New York,
sending prices up and up until they were
beyond the reach of the poor, keeping these
breadstuff* in their own hands, or control
ing them until, the prices going up and up
and up, th-y were, after awhile, ready to
sell, and they sold out, making themselves
millionaires in one or two years—frying to
fix the matter up with the Lord by build
ing a church or a university or a hospi-oi—
deluding toemselves with the idea tnat the
Lord would be so pleased with the gift
be would forget the swindle. Now, as
each a man may not have any lit
urgy in which to say hie prsyers, I will com
pose for him one which he practically is
making; “O Lord, we, by getting a
•corner’ in breadstuff*, swindled the people
of the United .States out of ten million dol
lars, and made suffering all up and down
the land, and we would like to comprimise
this matter with thee. Thou knowast it was
a scaly job, but then it was smart. Now,
here we compromise it. Take one per cent,
of the profits, and with that one per oent.
you can build an asylum for these poor
miserable ragamuffins of the street, and I
will take a yacht and go to Europe, forever
and ever. Amen!”
Ah, my friends, if a man bath gotten his
estate wrongfully and he build a line of
hospitals and universities from here to
Alaska, he cannot atone for it After
awhile, this man who has been getting a
••corner" iu wheat diet, and then Satan gets
a “corner” on him. He goes into a great,
long Black Friday. There is a “break" in
the market. According to Wall street par
lance he wiped others out, and now he is
himself wiped out. No collateral* on which
to make a spiritual loan. Eternal defalca
tion.
But this practical religion will not only
rectify all merchaudis*; it will also rectify
all mechanism and all toil. A time will
come when a man will work as faithfully
by the Job as he dom by the day. You say
when a thing is slightingly done. “Ob. that
was done by the Job." You oan tell by the
swiftness or slowness with which a back
man drives whether he is hired by the hour
or by the excursion. If he is hired
by the excursion he whips up the
bones so as tr> get around and get
another customer. All (tries of work
have to be Inspected. Ships inspected,
horses inspected, machinery inspected.
B*s to watch the Journeyman. Capitalist
coming down unexpectedly to watch the
boss. Conductor of a city car sounding the
punch bell to prove his honesty as a pas
nenger hands him a clipped nickel. AU
things must be watched and inspected.
Imperfections is the wood covered with
putty. Garments war rented to last until
yoa put them on the third time. Shoddy in
all kinds of clothing. Chromos, Pinchbeck,
Diamonds for $l5O. Bookbinder? that
holds on until you read tho third chapter,
Spavined horses, by skilful dcee of jockeys,
f r several days made to look epry. Wagon
tires poorly put on. Bones poorly shod.
Plastering that cracks without any provo
cation and falls off. Plumbing that needs
to be plumbed. Imperfect car wheel that
halts the whole train with a hot box. Bo
little practical religion iu the mechanism of
the world. I tell you, my friends, the law
of man will never rectify these things; It
will be the a 1-pervadlng influence cf the
practical religion of Jesus Christ that will
make the change for the better.
Yes. this practical religion will also go
into agriculture, which is proverbially hon
est, but needs to be rectified, and it will
keep the farmer from sending to the New
York roa-ket veal that is too young to gill,
and when the farmer farme on shares it will
keep the man who does the work from
making bis half three-fourths, and it will
keep the fanner from building his post and
rail fence on his neigbbtr’s premise*, and it
will make him shelter bis cattle in the win
ter storm, and it will keep the old elder
from working on Sunday afternoon iu the
new ground where nobody tee* him. And
this practical religion will hover over the
house, and over the barn, and over the
field, and over the orchard.
Ye*, this practical religion of whloh I
speak will come into the learned professions.
The lawyer will feel his reeponsibility in
defending innocenoe and arraigning evil and
expounding the law, and tt will keep him
from obarging for briefs he never wrote,
and for pleas he never made, and for per
centages be never earned, and from robbing
widow and orphan because they are de
fenseless. Yes, this practical religion will
come into the physician’s life, and he will
feel bis responsibility as the conservator of
the public health, a profeesi n honored by
the fact that Christ himself was a physiciau.
And it will make him honest, and
when he does not understand a
case he will say so, not trying to oover
up lack of diagnosis with ponderous techni
calities, or send the patieut to a reckless
drug store because the apothecary happens
to pay a percentage on tho prescriptions
sent. And this practical religion will come
to the school-teacher, making her feel her
responsibility in preparing our youth for
usefulness and for happiness and for honor,
and will keep her from giving a sly box to
a dull head, chastising him for what he
cannot help, and sending discouragement
all through the after years of a lifetime.
This practical religion will also come to the
newspaper men, and it will help them in
the gathering of the news, and it will help
them in setting forth the best interests of
society, and it will keep them from putting
the sius of the world in larger type than iu
virtues, and its mistakes than its achieve
ments.
Yes, thl* religion, thi* practical religion
will come and put it* hand on what is'
called good society, elevate-1 society, io
cessful society, so that people will have
their expenditures within their inootne, and
they will exchange the hypocritical “not at
home" for the honest explanation “too
tired.” or “too busy to see you,” and will
keep innocent reception from becoming in
toxicated conviviality.
Yea, there is a great opportunity for mis
sionary work in what is called the success
ful classes of society. It is no rare thing
now to see a fashionable woman intoxicated
in the street, or on the rail oar, or the
restaurant. The number of fine ladies who
drink too much is increasing. Perhaps you
may find her at tlie reception iu most
exalted company, but she has made too
many visits to the wine room, and now her
eye is glassy, and after awhile her cheek is
unnaturally flushed, and thou she fails into
fits of excruciating laughter about nothing,
and then she oilers sickening flatteries,
telling some homely man how well he looks,
and then she is helped into the carriage, and
by the time the carriage gets to her home
it takes the husband and the coachmau to
get her up the stairs. The report is, she
was taken suddenly ill at a gertnan. Ah I
no. She took too much champagne, and
mixed liquors, and got drunk. Teat was all.
Yea. this practical religion will have to
come in and fix up the man iage relation in
America. There are members of churches
who have too many wives and too many
husbands. Society needs to be expurgated
and washed and fumigated and Christian*
ised. We have missionary societies to re
form Mulberry street in New York, and
Bedford street, Philadelphia, and Shore
ditch, Loud -n. and the Brooklyn docks; but
mere is need of an organization to reform
much that is going oo in Beacoo street, and
Madison square, and Ritteanouse square,
and West End, and Brooklyn
Heights, and Brooklyn Hill W e
want thi* practical religion not only to
take hold of what are called the lower
classes, tut to take bold of what are called
the h:gner ciaseea The trroble is that
people have an idea they can do all their re
ligion on Sunday with hymr.-book and
prayer-book and "liturgy, and some of them
sit in church rolii■ g up their eye# as though
they were ready for translation, when their
Bab hath is bounded on ah sides by an in
consistent life, and while you are expecting
to come oat from under their arms the
wings of an angel, there come out from
their forehead the horns of a beast.
Toere has g t to be anew departure in
religion. Idu not say anew rebgion. O,
no; but the old religion brought into new
appliances. In our time we hare had the
daguerreotype and the ambrotype aid the
photograph;* but it is the same old sun,
and these art* are only new appliances of
the oid sunlight. So tun glorious gospel is
just what we waul to photograph the
image of God on one soul, and daguerreo
type it on another souL Not a
new gospel, but the old gospel put
to new work. In our lime we
have had the t.(.graphic invention and the
telephonic invention and the electric iignt
Invention: but they are all the children of
old electricity, an element tnat the phi.os
ophers have a long while known much
snout. So this electric gospel needs to flash
its light on the eyes a.id ears and souls of
men, and become a telephonic medium to
make tbs deaf hear,a telephonic medium to
dart invitation and warning to all nations;
au eleotrio light to illumine the eastern and
western hemispheres. Not anew gospel,
but the old gospel doing anew work.
Now you say, “That Is a very beautiful
theory, but is it possible to take one’s re
ligion into all the avocations and business
of life?’ Yes, and I will give you some speci
mens. Medical doctors who took their re
ligion into every day life: Dr. John Aber
crombie of Aberdeen, the greatest Scottish
physician of the day, his book on “Dis
eases of the Brain and Spinal Cord,’’ no
more wonderful than his book on “Tho
Philosophy of the Moral Feeling*,” aud
often kneeling at the bedside of his pa
tients to commend them to God in prayer.
Dr. JobD Brown of Edinburgh, immortal as
aa author, dying under the benediction of
the sick of Edinburgh; mveelf remembering
him as be sat in his study in Edinburgh
talking to roe about Christ, and his hope of
heaven. Aod a soore of Christian family
phve,cians la Brooklyn just as good as they
wtr*.
Imwyers who carried their religion infra
their profession; The late Lord Cairns, the
queen’s adviser for many year-, the highest
legal authority in Great Britain—Lard
Cairns, every summer in ,his vacation
preaching as an evangelist among the poor
of his country. John McLean, judge of
the supreme court of the United B ates and
president of the American Sunday Hcbool
Union, feeling more satisfaction in the
latter offioe than in the former. And aoores
of chrutian lawyers as eminent in the
churon of God as tney are eminent at the
bar.
Merchants who took their religion into
every-day life; Arthur Tappao, derided in
ids day because be established that svststn
by which we come to find out the com
mercial standing of business men, starting
that entire system, derided for it then,
himself, as I knew him well, in moral
character Al. Monday mornings inviting
to a room in the top of his storehouse the
clerks of bis establishment, asking them
about their worldly interests and their
spiritual tatsreels, then giving out a hymn,
leading in prayar, giving them a few words
of good advice, asking them what church
they attended on the Sabbath, wbat the
text was, whether they hod any especial
troubles of their own. Arthur Tappan.
I never heard his eulogy pronounced. I
pronounce tt now. And other merchants
just ai g.<jd. \fr ÜBam K. Dodge In the Iron
business, Meant H. Grmuell in the shipping
buslneoi, Peter Cooper to the glue buai nesa
Scores of man just os good as they were.
Farmers who taka their religion into their
occupation: Why, this minute their horses
and wagons stand ail around the meeting
houses in America. They began this day
by a prayer to God, ana when they get
home at uocn, after they have put their
hones up, will offer a prayer to God at the
table, seeking a blessing, and this summer
there will be in their fields not one dishonest
head of rye, not one dishonest ear of corn,
not one duhoneet apple. Worshiping God
to-day away up among the Berkshire hills,
or away down amid the lagooas of Florida,
or away out amid the mines of Colorado,
or along the banks of the Passaic and the
Raritan, where I knew them better beoause
I wont to school with them.
Mechanics who took religion into their
occupations: James Brindley, the famous
millwright. Nathaniel Uowdltoh, the fa
mous ship chandler, Elibu Bui rltt, the fa
mous blacksmith, and hundreds and thou
sands of strong arms, which have made the
hammer, and the saw, and the adze and the
drill, and th> ax, sound in the grand march
of our national industries.
Give your heart to God and then fill your
life with good works. Consecrate to him
your store, your shop, your banhiug-house,
your factory and your home. They siy no
one will hear it. God will hear it. That is
enough. You hardly know of any one else
than Wellington as connected with the vic
tory of Waterloo: but he did not do the
hard fighting. The bard fighting was doue
by the Somerset cavalry aud the Ryland
regiments, aud Kempt’* infantry, and the
Scots Grave and the Life Guards, Who
cares, if on'y the day was won?
In the latter part of the last century a
?lrl in England became a kitchen maid in a
arm house. She had many styles of work
and much hard work. Time rolled on, and
she married the sen of a weaver of Halifax.
They were industrious; they saved money
enough after awhile to build them a home.
On the morning of the day when they were
to enter that home the young wife rose at 4
o’clock, entered the front door yard, knelt
down, consecrated the place to God, aud
there made thi* solemn vow: “O Lord, if
thou wilt bless me in this place,
the poor shall have a share of
it.” Time rolled on and a for
tune rolled in. Children grew up around
them, and they all became affluent; one, a
member of parliament, in a public place,
declared that his success came from that
prayer of his mother iu the dooryard. All
of them were affluent. Four thousand
hands in their factories. They built dwell
ing bouses for laborers at cheap routs, and
when they were i .valid and could not pay
they had tho houses for nothing. One of
these sons came to this country, admired
our parks, went back, bought land, opened
a great public park, nnd made it a
present to the city of Halifax,
E.gl and. They endowed an orphanage,
they endowed two almshouses. All Eu
glaud has beard of the generosity and the
good works of tbe Crossley*. Moral; Con
secrate to God your small means and your
bumble surroundings, and you will have
larger means aid grander surroundings.
“Godliness is profitable unto all thirtfcs,
having premise of tho life that now is and
of that which is to come.” “Have faitn in
God by all means, but remember that faith
without works is dead.”
Brunswick’s Jetties.
Brunswick, Feb. 15. —The government
hat awatded the contract for completing
tbe work of building and raising jetties to
Gaynor & Green of Savannah. When
completed these jetties will foroe the cur
rent of tbe river ever next to the banks of
the bay. causi g the channel to wasn out
low enough to allow vessels of even greater
draught than those which at present can be
brought iuto the harbor to eoYpe into this
port. .
Edmund Clarence Stedman his sum
mer home in a quaint stone house on New
Castle island, on Piscataqua bay. Fa.rn the
windows of the island villa there leak unsur
passed view of the ocean, and the lAegular
walls of the structure are overgrown with
Virginia creepers and Japanese tyv. The house
is furnished in the old Colonial style.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1891.
WHAT IS HYPNOTISM ?
REV. M. C. LOCKWOOD ON THE
MYSTERIOUS POW: R.
He Tells Whs; It Is and How It Is
Practiced—Who Can Ba and Who
Cannot Be Hypnotised- How It Can
Be Done—A Person Can Influence
Himself-An Interesting Lecture.
From tie Cincinati Enquirer.
Notwithstanding toe heavy rain on
Wednesday evening last, a large audience
gathered to hear the first lecture oo “Hyp
notism,” by M. C. Lockwood, pastor of the
First Baptist church. Many of our leading
lawyers and physicians were present. Dr.
Freudergast beamed upon the lecturer from
the audience. The lecture waa compre
hensive, broad and full of the scientific
exactness which can be appreciated only by
such an audience. And though the lecture
was of this character, yet the most unin
formed pdrsen could understand it.
The lecturer has the faculty of trans
lating science into popular language. There
was a vieo of humor that every few min
utes made the audience break into ripples
of laughter and applause. The lecturer
■poke for nearly two boars. The next
one, which will he delivered next Wednes
day night, will fill the house, storm or no
storm.
The following is a digest of the lecture:
The Introduction consisted of a treatment
of psychology, which was defined as the
science of the ami, or the relation of mental
impressions to the consciousness.
There is abroad among the uninstructed,
whose information is chaotic, two general
sentiments concerning hypnotism. One of
them is a skepticism, a denial of its pre
nomena. This is tu-t wise, for the wise man
does not deny what he does not know. The
other is a sentiment of superstition, which
regard* the condition as supernatural, calls
it “witchcraft,” is afraid of it. says “it is of
the devil," with other of ttese marks of
superstition which Charles Kingsley so ad
mirably defined as “dread of the unknown,”
a sentiment by no means exhausted among
men. The
APPEARANCE OF BT7PERSTITIOX
concerning it is not to be wondered at, be
cause the press has magnified its power for
evil aud has been silent concerning its power
for good.
The doctrines of materialism broke down
in the presence of the problem of human
consciousness. No bridge oould be found
between sensations and consciousness. The
attempt to identify them failed, and hypno
tism has oonfirniVl the wisdom of the
abandonment of the attempt. It has re
vealed that toere is a relation which oan be
tbrown out of gear. Hypnotism 1* the per
version of the normal relation between
brain impressions and consciousness.
Hypnotism is the name of the whole de
partment of psychology which treats of the
phenomena Incident to the oondition. A
hypnotic is one who Is subject to the condi
tion. A hypnotist ts one who causes the
state for scientific purpose*. A hypaotizer
is one who hypnotizes to exhibit for cari
osity. Suggestion is the oommand given a
person who is hypnotized. Hypnosis is the
name of the oondition itself. Auto-nyp
nosia is the oondition of one who has hypno
tized himself.
The phenomena are of very ancient
origin. In Egypt trance conditions were
■apposed to be inspirations from tne god
Apis. Boot:.saving was produced by con
centrated gaze into precious stones, crystals
or sacred vessel?. The hypootio phenomena
existed thousands of veare ago amoug the
Persian magicians. To-dav the fakirs and
yogis of India praflHce auto-hypnotisui.
HEALING BT THE LATINO ON OF HANDS
is recorded oo many an Egyptian monu
ment. The Ebert papyrus represent the
laying on of hand* as a part of the medicine
of an age more than 1500 B. C. We have
taken the Biblical instruction as to the lay
ing on of hands as belonging to the miracu
lous, whereas itappears os a medical prao
tioe of tbe age. Veepastsn, the father of
Titos, is credited with effecting cure* by tbe
laying O.i of hands. Miracles and wltou
oraft of the middle ages had their basis in
hypnotism. Many of those who were
punlehed with torture for witch
craft fell reileep aod were senseless
in the midst of the most awful suf
fering. Religious martyrs passed into the
state while suffering martyrdom, and some
of them became insensible, others seeming
to feel no pain uttered prophecies and saw
visions. It Is recorded also that some of
these saw deeds and beard w - ispers at
long distances, which tS one of the results
of hypnotism, known as hypercesthesia of
tbe sense*.
Of Mearner, the leoturer said; "Few men
have been more unjuitly treated than Mes
mer by historv. He was a regular physician
in Vienna. His theory was built upon the
foundation of hie predecessors. He bad the
scientific spirit. He found phenomena and
sought by a theory to explain them. He
believed in magnetism, anu so ws find him
at first using the magnet. Afterward be
advanced the theory ot animal magnetism,
holding it to be a different power than me
tallic magnetism.” From Mestner the
speaker passed on to James Braid, who iu
1848 named the condition hypnotism. “It
has taken more than forty years for the
word uaed by Braid to find a place in the
vocabulary of the people." After Braid tne
next
EMINENT INVESTIGATOR
was Liebault. of Nancy. Llobault is the
founder of the therapeutics of suggestion,
or hypnotism, as a romedy for disease. The
school of Nancy grew from the work of this
man. The school of Salpetriore has been
rather too prematura in its conclusions.
A fault c >nunon to some physicians, even in
Cincinnati, if the reported interviews with
them are oorrect, especially concerning
hypnotism. The most eminent practitioner
in the United States of whrm I have any
knowledge is Dr. Weir Mitchell of Phila
delphia.
METHODS.
Can everybody be hypnotized? This can
not be answered. Charles ltichet says that
everybody is hypuotizable. Some claim
only HO per cent of mankind are. I think
it is E w aid who has been able to hypnotize
only 3 per cent, while Liebault has suc
ceeded with 98 per cent, of his patients. Mv
own experience is about 60 per cent,, and
yet I have seen a gentleman succeed who
only claimed about 30 per cent with per
sons with whom I had failed. But no one
con say just w hen be has failed, for a single
trial by no means determines tho question.
Success has sometimes been secured after tho
fortieth sitting. Nervousness, nor anemia,
feebleness of health, hysteria or weakness of
will or mind can be said to predispose any
one to hypnosis.
The most difficult persons to hypnotize
are idiots. Asa general thing they sre be
yond the reach of hypnotism. Pet-sons who
are a little off in their heeds are a little less
difficult. Intelligent persons are more easily
subjected ihan dull and stupid people. It is
a popular delusion current that hypnotics
are found among those who are weak in
will.
IT IS NOT TRUE.
Ability to remain passive is, of course, a
predisposition to hypnotism. Soldiers in
the regular army who are used to obeying
orders, mechanics who are used to doing as
they are told, amiable persons who are
obliging to their friends, persons who can
control and direct th-ir thoughts, who can
concentrate their attention, are all favora
ble. The most difficult, next to idiots, are
the scatter-brained, wandering-minded,
dull-brained men and women, heed
less, inattentive, of low mental organ
ization. pig-headed and contradic
tious and unaccommodating, all these
are not good subjects. Children under
3 are not hypnotized at all. It is difficult
to hypnotize a child under 8 years of age;
inly the brightest aud most acute-minded
among children of that age can be hyyno
tized. Oid age is as oasifv hypnotized as
youth. Among tho aged subjects memory
is less affected by the hypnosis. Women
are not more suzc-ptible than men. Sex
has oo influence in the matter whatever.
It is difficult to hypnotize any one in the
midst of disturbing surroundings, object
ions, skeptical remarks, ridicule or con
fusion of any sort.
A su ceesfol operator should have a broad
knowledge concerning the disposition and
character of his fellows. The ordinary in
fluence of an operator upon his subject has
a great deal to do with his success. Tne hyp
notist should be a person cf large presence
of mind, calm and confident in hu bearing,
though there is nothing mystical or occult
in the proceeding.
I am often asked if a person can be hyp
notized against his will. It depends alto
gether upon whether
HE IS WILLING
to submit to the conditions. If he refuses
it is not likely that ne can be hypnotized.
There are a few instances where hypnot
ism has been produced against the will of
tbe victim. But it is moat uncommon, as is
also a condition resembling hypnosis, which
may be produced in ]*>!%cria who are totally
unconscious of what is going on. The rigid
condition in which photographers have
found sitters is one of the phases of uncon
scious hypnosis. Sometime* mechanics who
work on delicate articles which strain the
eyesight and demand prolonged and fixed at
tention fall into hypo six These case* are
rare. There is an absence of rapport in them,
sad usually when spoken to tbey wake.
When a person ha* been hypnotized several
times by another, he cannot resist the hyp
notism whenever the operator chooses to
compel him. And the of timer a person is
hypnotized the more susceptible be
became*. Unless tbe hypnotized is a man
of wide learning concerning tbe oondition,
generous and kind as well, let no one sub
mit. Because one of the dangers of hyp
notism is this setting up of a tendency to
enter the state at any time. The operator
can, however, prevent this tendency if he
be wise.
There are two kinds of phenomena: one
where tbe voluntary muscles are affected,
tbe other where the sense organs are per
verted and their functions are made ab
normal.
The way of producing hypnosis varies
according to the whim of the operator. The
same operator can produoe the condition in
many different way*. Some of the ablest
practitioners, (such as Liebault, produoe
the state by speech alone. He
INVITES THE PATIENT
to a seat in a large anti comfortable chair
converses with him a few moments about
hypnotism, then suggests that he is getting
sleepy, and after a few momenta exclaims
in a commanding voice, “Hleep!" and the
effect Is secured. Bernbeim operates in the
same way. This is oalled the mental
method of producing hypnotism. The
physical methods are very numerous.
Tbree of the senses are good bases for oper
ation, and are valuable in the following
order: Bight, hearing, touch. Taste and
smell but rarely give any results, A stead
fast gaze upon any object placed
at an angle above or below the eyes which
will strain the sight, you will find that af rer
a few moments tears will run down the
cheeks, tbe sight begins to waver, there
will often appear contractions and dilations
of the pupils of the eye. then, closing the
eyes, say in a firm and confident voice:
“You are asleep and cannot open your
eyes.” There will be a momentary effort
on tbe part of the subject and then tbe pa
tient is yours.
Or, again, let a watch be held at such a
distance as to strain the hearing, and joh
may secure a similar remit, so far as the
hypnosis is concerned. Sometimes the beat
ing of a drum near the ear, the ringing of a
loud gong or the flashing of a powerful
light, such as is given by the burning of a
strip of magnesium, sometimes the singing
of a monotonous song, will produce the
condition. There are states known in
religious meetings, which are called “get
ting tbe power.” It is common among the
southern negroes and you will notice that
it is often during a weird and monotonous
song. In certaii sections of this country
you will find that In thesa meetings there
appear strange
JEftNilvON AWO TWITCHING*
of tbe body, followed by prostration and
rigidity of ttia whole body. This is simply
oatalepsy, one of the effects of hypnotism.
You will also notice that certain revivallsie
secure result* by tbe adoption of singing
methods, and the songs are often of the
kind known as vain repititiena, The female
evangelist, who has been creating so much
excitement at various place, whether she
knows it or not, has observed all the oondi
tlons necessary to produce hypnotic effects.
The strong light above tho heads of her
audience, her instruction to look up, and
the catalepsies Which follow and the fulfill
ment of her suggestion that they will awake
praising God, together with the fact that
the diseases which she heals, are those which
hypnotism has successfully treated.
The usual way of proceeding in hypno-
tlsm is to take the hand of a subject, put a
pressure upon the wrist somewhere about
the radial narva (if you suggest the radial
nerve it does not make any difft ranee
whether you And it or not), then place the
thumb of the other hand at the root of the
uoeo, suggest to the subject that be will feel
a tingli g sensation at the elbow, near the
“funnybons,” and in a few moments he will
inform you that he has the sensation, and
by that you may kuow that the man is
yours. But this method will often fail
where another succeeds. The main thing
is to secure some definite mental impres
sion, and it manifest in a sensation of some
•ort you have a basis for proceeding.
SUPPOSE THAT YOU CANNOT WAKE THEM
OUT OF IT?
H you cannot, go away and leave them,
and usually in about twenty minutes they
will a.mke. A bypuot.zor who has experi
ence can always awake his subject Some
times an amateur gets flurried and, being
doubtful of hlmsef, communicates the
doubts to his subject, and then the only
thing for him to do is to go away, out of
the room, stop his efforts, and the subject
will awaken soon. There are a few case*
recordored w here a subject nos slept for
hours, but a permanent hypnosis is un
known. The fact that a subject will awake
without any apparent cause is one of the
most unexplainable things in hypnotism.
THEORY.
I have defined hy puotisui as a state In
which the normal relation between expres
sions (sensations or ideas) and consciousness
where thrown out of gear. Physiology has
no explanation. Tbe reckless propounding
of theories by eminent physiologists justifies
a theologian in smiling. Lotze says that the
great discoveries iu physiology usually last
about four years. I do not think so badly
of them as yst, and yet when your small
physiologists say; “Science, gentlemen,
duals with facts, nothing but facts,”
and speaks patronisingly of the
clergy, is it aDy wonder that we smile a
response as we place our lingers on a chart
of tho brain aud ask about its relation to
consciousness! The professor is compelled
then to run up the tree of physiological ag
nosticism, and there his agnosticism is more
modest, for then he will not deny what he
does not know, and will believe in a con
sciousness he cannot demonstrate. He must
believe in it or reason himself out of the
universe. I can find no reason for believing
in a double consciousness until I know what
the relation is between sensations and brain
impression and tbe consciousness.
The theorists must first find me this miss
ing link before I will revise my philosophy.
The link between my consoious self and all
the actions of brain matter is needful to an
explanation cf the phenomena of hypnot
ism.
The lecture on Wednesday night will be a
discussion of the resemblances of hypnotism
which we find in ordinary life and the study
of simulations or hypnotical frauds, also the
presentation of some of the remedial uses of
hypnotism, its relation to crim*, its dangers
and the best i-eoson for its suppression as a
public exhibition.
E ill’s Body Found.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 15.— The body of
Rev. Bailey Hill, the colored preacher of
Stone Mountain, who hai been missing since
Friday, was found to-day in Tuggles’ mill
pond. Ha had been murdered. White men
are suspected, but uo arrests have been
made.
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
tar* See Seventh Page.
PASSENGERS.
Per steamship Coattahooebee. from New York
—L Littlefield. H J Hayee. H C Buck wife and
2 infix. MAier H C Buck. Kim M 8 Hall. T H
Wailorp. G P Ball, C H Gaylord. P Killer. Mise
F Weimore, T H Bunham. T McManus. C E Mc-
Manus, J Graham, K Matison. A M Pierson. C B
Ludwig, F Plan, M Plmspy. Master W Pierson.
Mas C A cuuaaa, C Soroco, H S Gilbert. B
Komar.
CONSIGNEES
Per steamship Chattahoochee. from New York
—A B AJtmayer A 00. Appel AS, M 8 Byck, E
L Byck A Cos, Brush lUPCo. Byck Bros, G
P Butler, Miss V Baldwin. J G Butler, Brough
ton Bros, est S W Branch.Crohan A D. Cohen A
Cos. Collat Bros, E M Conner, Convent of Mercy,
L < 'harrier. Commercial Guano 00, J G Carter,
A H Champion's Son, Clarke A I).Corn well A C.
W 6 Cherry A 00, W G Cooper, W H Chaplin, J
Col. in a C R B A Hig Cos. J E Colson, M J Doyle,
Dryfus Bros. Decker & P.C H Dorseti.T J Darts.
Jas Douglas. G Eckstein A Cos, I Epstein A Bro.
Eckman A V. J K Einstein, A Ehrlich A Bro, W
Est ill. Ellis. Y A Cos. Enzel A R. A Falk A Sons,
Frank A 00, Ftelschman A Oo,G A Farnham, W
W Fret well, J H Furber, M Ferst’s Sons A Cos.
Fret well A N. Frierson A Cos. B M GarfunkeL M
J Graham A Cos, 8 Guckenhaimer A Son. Galla
gher A Cos, C M Gilbert A Cos, J E Grady A Son.
J Gornam, L J Gasan, 9 Gazan, Hester A K, N
E Halbert.Georgia Hussars.D Horan, I G Haas,
G M Heldt A Cos, G W Haslam, Heulsler A H. A
W Harmon. A Hanley, A B Hull A Cos, Helmken
A 8. H fiirsca. Heldt 18, H Juchter, Y Keeler.
J H Koch. Jackson, M A Cos, 8 Krouskoff. 6 D
Koehler, Kavataugh A B. K Kenyon. A Kessei.
Wm Kehoe A Cos, J F Kennedy. Kolshorn A M,
A Krauss. J Kuck, B H Levy A Bro. >1 Lanky,
Lindsay AM, Llppmaa Brea, E Lovell's Sons,
Ham lee, Levaa A H, A Leflier A Son. N Lang,
Lovell A L Jbo Lyons A Cos, Jno Lynch, est M
Lavin, Mein hard Bros A Cos, Morrison. F A Cos,
Mohr Bros, W B MeU A 00, Lee Boy Myers A Cos,
K 9 Mell, Morning News. Mutual Co-op Asso n,
P H Moeller, L J Maxwell, H J Myers, B D Me
Donell. Merchants Nat l Bk. A 3 Nichols, Nor
ton A H, T J O'Brien,Oglethorpe Club, Order H
Miller, Order Specialty 00, N Paulsen A Cos, H F
Prorost, Palmer Hardware 00, J Perlinskv. S H
Provojt, W C Koval, J J Reily.O M Poley A Son,
C D Rogers, J T Shuptrine A Bro, Smith Bros.
Solomons A Cos, C E Stultfl A Cos, M Sternberg,
M E Reading, 8 P Sbotter Cos, W B Shuptrine, T
R Sloat, L Stern, Savannah Plumbing Cos, Mrs S
Seligman, J S Silva, Savannah Steam Bakery, L
W Scoville, Savannah Brewing Cos, C Searle, W
Scheihing, Savannah Guano Cos, P B Springer,
Savannah Grocery Cos. H Solomon A Son. Savan
nah St R R By, Jfo Sullivan, Tidewater Oil Cos,
Theus Bros, G W Tiedeman A Bro. Teeple & Cos,
D W Thomas, Tyson A Cos, A M A C W West, T
A Ward, Wells Bros, Thee West, Watson A P,
L M White, J D Weed A Cos, Southern Ex Cos, W
U Tel Cos, stmrs Alpha, Barker, Bellvue, Katie,
Ga A Fla I 8 B Cos.
WAYCBQ6B ON A BOOM.
Brick Structures Taking- the Place of
Wooden Onee.
Waycross, Ga., Feb. 15.—There has
been a building boom in Way cross for sev
eral years, which has been steadily increas
ing. For a long time wooden buildings
were substituted for brick. The character
of those fer residences bas been improving
steadily, many of which would be a credit
to any city. Moat of the wooden business
bouses have been torn away within the last
two years, and brick buildings have taken
their places. At present there is a steady
building boom.
The Hon. J. L. Sweat, Lemuel Johnson
and Warren Lott have formed a joint stock
company and have made arrangements
for the erection, at an early
date, of a large brick structure
three stories high, to be built
on the block between the school building
and the passenger depot. The building will
contain six stores and sixty rooms for hotel
purposes.
F. C. Owens of Savannah has purchased
the lot upon which tfce late Grand Central
hotel stood for SIB,OOO, and bas given a
contract to Messrs. Rowbotham and Mor
phy for the erection ’of a large hotel. The
capacity of the building will be about
thirty rooms for gusite on the upper story
and eight stores on the first floor.
Psdatka Pointers.
Palatka, Fla., Feb. 15.—J. H. Dean
will build a mill for grinding phosphate
rock here In the near future. The phos
phate will be rendered into fertilizer by an
inexpensive process, not requiring’ the
use of sulphuric acid.
(stone for the Bt. John’s bar jetties is
now shipped from ibis oity instead of Jack
sonville, as formerly. It is carried on sev
eral immense lighters.
A large orange zmnttj I being set out on
the higkCe. It consists of about a dozen
acres.
Robbed and Then Cut.
Reynold, Ga., Fsb. 15.—John McCoy
and Tom McCrary jbolored), were engaged
iu matching niokaS last night, and Gus
Thompson, another negro, came up and
tried to sell them a deck of cards. Finding
that Tom Crary bad two $5 gold pieces,
John aud Gus maaaged to grab them from
him, and when he tHed to get them from
them, Jobn McCoy used his bandy r;.zor.
He cut Tom severely six or seven times and
left him. McCoy escaped.
medical
SCROFULA
Is that impurity of the blood which produces
unsightly lumps or swellings in the neck;
which causes running sores on the arms,
legs, or feet; which develops ulcers In the
eyes, ears, or nose, often causing blindness or
deafness; which Is the origin of pimples, can
cerous growths, or “humors;” which, fasten
ing upon the lungs, causes consumption anti
death. It is the most ancient of all diseases,
and very few persons are entirely free from it.
TbiT cured
By taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla, which, by
the remarkable cures it has accomplished,
has proven itself to be a potent and peculiar
medicine for this disease. If you suffer from
scrofula.try Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
“ Evefff spring my wife and children have
been troubled with scrofula, my little boy,
three years old, being a terrible sufferer.
Last spring he was one mass of sores from
head to feet. We all took Hood’s Sarsaparilla,
and all have been cured of the scrofula. My
little boy is entirely free from sores, and all
four of my children look bright and healthy.”
W. B. Atherton, Passaic City, N. J.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists, gl; six for£s. Preparedonlj
by C. I. HOOD A CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
” BPECIAL N OTICEST
TO THE CONCERT SEASON
Can get their seats reserved for thd>
MENDELSSOHN QUINTETTE CONCERT
(To be given on WEDNESDAY, 18,)
On presentation of tickets at BUTLER'S
PHARMACY a o'clock THIS MORNING,
NOTICE.
All bills against the British steamship BOS
KENNA-BAY must be presented at our office
before 18 o'clook nook, THIS D VY, Feb. 16th,
1891, or payment will be debarred.
RICHARDSON A BARNARD, Agents,
NOTICE
Is hereby given that all persons Indebted to
PHILLIPS BROS., either for groceries or other
wise, shall make immediate payment to me,
otherwise the accounts will be prosecuted.
JNO. E. DOWLING.
ftnebal iJrvrrATYoyra.
STUROES.—Tfce reUnvwe aad finamfeof Xlas
Mary M. Starves, of WWieai Hunter and
family, and of Rufus S. Oagborn and family,
are invited to attend the ♦unerai of Xies Stu
oss from the residence of Mr, CTagnora, T 9
Duffy street at 3-o'clock THIS AFTERNOON.
SMITH. —The relatives and friends of John
Knox and family, and also of M J. Knox and
family, are inrttad to attend the funeral of
Mrs. Joaassa Smith from toe residence of John
Knox. No 2MU Bay street, as 3 o'clock THIS
meeting*.
CITIZENS' SANITARY ASMHM ATIOA
Omci CiTiiDt's Santtarv Association. 1
Savannah, Ga., Feb. IS. !1. f
The annual meeting of the Oilmens' Sanitary
Association will be bool THIS (Monday) EVEN
ING at 8 o'clock, at fhe office of the associa
tion, 5 Drayton street.
JAMES B. READ, President,
Dx-ms J. Mchphy, Secretary
‘•MERCHANTS’ WEEK
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Xeets at Tbavblkhs’ Exchange 8 o'clock
TO-NIGHT.
Special committee# on Spectacular Exhibi
tion and other important features will report,
and a full attendance is necessary to give
proper consideration to the various important
matters to tie finally decided on to-night. By
order H. W. PaLMKR, President.
Max Robixsom. Secretary.
SAMSCJUkX* JiOTICRS.
Oh omd after Feb. L 1880, the basA rff moo.
urenteaf of all advertising m tee Monm*o
Nmrs w>S be agate, or at ue rate a/ $1 40 an
meA for the Fret insertion.
NOTICE TO WATER TAKERS.
Offics Water Worksl I
Bavan* ah, Feb. 15,1891. j
The water will be shut off at nine (9) o'clock
THIS (Monday) MORNING in the dis
trict between Bay and Broughton and Wnitaker
and East Broad streetefor the purpose of mov
ing fire hydrants, and wfll be off a few hours.
J AME3 MANNING, Superintendent.
OFFICE BOY WANTED.
Wasted, At Oncb,
A GOOD, QUIET, LIVE, ENERGETIC
OFFICE BOY.
Address P. O, Box No. 43,
Being open cm Sundays only for the sale of
Dregs and Medicines, our customers are,request
ed to leave orders for Ooofeotions on SATUR
DAY.
BUTLER'B PHARMACY,
Bull and Congress.
NOTICE TO PARENTS.
The suceesa of our reduction sale in Boys’
Knee Pants Suits wm immense. We will, there
fore, continue the sale for two weeks longer.
Ctome early, before sizes are all broken. We
may be a little out of your way, but it will pay
you to call. DRYFUS BROS.
Congrese and Jefferson.
SPONGES
AND CHAMOIB SKINB.
BOWL INSKI. Phamsacist,
Corner Broughton and Drayton streets.
Telephone ASS.
THE BEST RKSTACRANT IN THE CITY.
FULLY EQUIPPED WITH THE FINEST
SERVICE AND CONDUCTED
I -—BY— "Os\
FRIED A HICKS. ''
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN SERVED DAY
AND NIGHT.
NOTICE.
Savannah, Feb. 18, 1891,
The firm of HALL A McGOLDRICK has
THIS DAY dissolved by mutual consent, Mr,
Hall assuming all liabilities of said firm.
JAS. J. McGOLDRICK,
___ I. S. HKLt. ’
P. D. BAFFIN & SON, *
DSALSRS IK
STOCKS, BONDS, AND REAL ESTATE.
Special attention given to the Buying and
Selling of Real Estate.
Office — N. E. Cob. Bryan and Drayton.
DON’T GIVE UP IN DESPAIR.
Dyspeptics, you will find a reliable remedy in
DR. ULMER'S LIVER CORRECTOR.
It is a faultless vegetable preparation, and
Indorsed by prominent medioal men.
Silver medal and diploma awarded over com
petitors.
Prepared by
B. F. ULMER, M. D., Pharmacist,
Savannah, Ga.
Price. 91 per bottle. Sold hy all druggists.
DR. M. SCHWAB & SON,
GRADUATE OPTICIANS,
No. 23 Bull Btiuset, Savannah, Ga.
If your eye* are not properly fitted with eve
glasses or spectacles, we desire the opportunity
of fitting them with glasses which will correct
any visual imperfection that may exist, or can
be corrected by scientific means As specialists
we have fitted ourselves by a practical course of
study, graduating from Dr. C. A. Buoklin's
School of Optica, New York. We are practical
opt.cians, and make our own goods. New lenses
put in old frames while you wait. Oculists'
prescriptions a specialty, and carefully filled.
No charge for examination.
CALL ON “UNCLE ADAM,”
At 20 Jefferson street, corner Congress street
lane, if you want to borrow any money on your
diamonds, jewelry or other “personal” property
Open 7 a m. to 9p. u. Saturdays to 11 p. m.
N. Y. LOAN OFFICE,
ADAM STRAUSS, Manager.
BEER.
DR I N K
Ir\f TDA D
L \1 LI v
bAiibiiiiibbJ hLmiihmmJl ahhi
S. GUCKENEH IME R & SONg
AMUSEMENTS.
SAVANNAH THEATER.
One night, Monday, Feb. Id.
CHARi.ES MoCARTHY’S
ONE OP THE BRAVES!
By E E Price. Esq. The Versatile Char
acter Actor and Comedian,
Charles McCarthy,
As Larry Howard, the Fireman, supported t>v *
first-Clara company of comedians, including tax
Great—William Cronin—The Only. Steam
engine, hose ouriage and three magnified
horses are used on the stage. A oavtoa!
special soecery and effects. The most realist*
tire scene ever produced. Introducing )i ...
latent inventions for saving human life JumT.
ing blanket, pompier ladders and Itfe isvT-,.
line*. New songs: New dances: Seats*
£ Feb 13. Next attraction Kate Putnai
Feb. I? and IS. *•
SAVANNAH THEATER
Lot# Fisdi a Waj J wEDRE&& 6 S£k
DAD’S GIRL WEDNESDAY NIGH?
The Nightingale of Song and Queen of Prote
Stars,
KATIE PUTNAM,
in her American Comedy-Drama, by 0w..,.-
T. Dazsy,
LOVE FINOS A WAY,
Supported by a company of unusual excellent*
Full of intense heart interest. A cornedv el,'
ment of natural mirth. Very funny com-diaa.,.
Catony songs, banjo soke, duets, medievs!
merry dances, and grand special scenio effects
Seats st BUTLER'S Feb. 14. Next attrat tier
LOUIS JAMES, Feb, 30, ""action,
CLOTHING.
UjHi&qunA*'. \Psof\ijTO^
Wherever the middleman makes his agv
pea ranee, the purchaser has to hear the
burden. He is like the taxes which the
tariff imposes—the cost falls on the con
sumer. When you buy from a plaoe which
deals with the middleman, you pay so much
for the article you purchase and so much for
the support of the middleman. Ha-is, like
ell luxuries, expensive, and we have no use
for bis services. One of the reasons why we
can sell you clothing so cheaply is ttiat we
have virtually thrown him out of doors.
Look at these prioes and see if there is any
room for the middleman in them:
SBO Suits or Overcoats for sig
sls Suite or Overcoats for sl2
$lO Suits or Overcoats for S8
$6 Trousers for $4 89
$5 Trousers f0r....... $t 00
$5 Boy's Suit or Overoost for $4 00
We want the money for the goods, and
offer this great reduction to cash buyers.
The “FAMOUS” (Mins House,
148 Broughton street,
Savannah, - Grai
BAJKKB.
President. vice president. I
JAS. H. HUNTER, Cashier.
SAVANNAH BASK i TRUST Cft
Savings Dep t
ALLOWS 4%
Deposits of $i and Upward Reeeired
Interest on Deposit* Payable Quarterly.
DIRECTORS:
Jobxph D. Wbbd, of J. I). Weed A 00.
John a Rowpxnd, Capitalist.
C. A. Rxitse, Exchange and Insurants*
John L. Bauds* Capitalist.
K. Q. Erwin, of Chisholm, Erwin & dnßlgnon.
Edward Karow, of Strauss & 00.
Isaac G. Haas, General Broker.
M. Y. MiclNrvus, of M. Y. & D. L Maclntyre.
John Lyons, of Jobn Lyons & 00.
Waatsb Const, of Paterson, Downing <fc 00.
D. C. Bacon, Lomber.
PRINTING AND lIOUiiBINIJINU.
taao-fiCrfir yilTEFissi
PRINTING AND BINDING,
BLANK BOOKS.
Establish mentfullv furnished with all
necessary TOOLS and MACHINERY,
PAPERS and MATERIALS. Compe.
tent Workmen. Established Reputv
tion for Good Work. Additional or*
ders solicited. Estimates furnished.
93>£ BAY STREET.
GEO. N NICHOLS.
F. C. WYLLY.
BTOCKB, BONDS AND REAL ESTATB
BROKER.
Strict Attention Given to All Orders.
Loans Negotiated on Marketable Securities,
Correspondence Solicited, ___
A. L. HART RIDGE.
SECURITY BROKER,
BUYS and sells on commission all classes ol
Stocks and Bonds.
Negotiates loans on marketable sec iritiea.
New York quotations furnished by private
ticker everv fifteen minute*
