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hat be was identified with the new science,

stone could not have added to his nappl-
ness. N.-t el-'A.
"But Ephraim, is thee sure thee can
make theory answer in practice ?--thee
knows the perpetual motion" 1..i
Now Aunt Becky was good Quaker,
and had a spicing of Suspicion in her
temperament She had known her hris-
band to buy shares in company for
making railroad over the Straits Of
Behring he had purchased town lots at
Cairo: believed tile moon was inhabited
land bought half country newspaper
Office on speculation. Can we blame ter
for her question: r.l.. J.' 20
Perfectly sure of it., Rebecca--por-
fectly sure. Why, ] have seen enough
to convert an infidel. | saw case of
magnetism where a lady was put 10 Sleep
so isoundly, that the magnetizer being
suddenly called away and not returning
for week, she slept until his return"
'"AmazingH' answered Aunt Beeca,
witt, uplfted hands, ''and thee really be-
held this ?"
May" continued her worthy husband,
'the same lady was put in magnetic
sleep and taken to the moon, Gin spirit,
| mean, and explained the features, &C.,
of the inhabitants, their dwelling, the
size and quality of the fish in the waters
Of that planet" F sa-#l .ta
Tut, tut, Ephraim /! they were hoax
ing thee" increduously remarked Aunt
Becky.
''Hoa5ing me-" echoed Uncle Eph.
Nonsense ! why | can put you to sleep"
But" Insisted Mrs. R., show does
thee know whether she was not playing
upon thy credulity in regard to what she
saw in the moon I"
"Why, did / not hear her myself?" re-
joined Uncle Eph. . f.t
! ,"And yet thee has never been there,
nor have we any evidence that what she
said was correct" ~
"Well, we'll" replied Ephraim, who
evidently sought to evade this view of the
question: ''if you will remain quiet will
magnetic YOU and he straightway took
the palm of his companion within his
own, and regarding her steadily, con-
menced tho process of magnetizing her
Whether it was the power of the mag
netizer, or arose fpm the fact that this
was TIE hour Usually devoted to sicsta
by Mrs. Ross, we know not; but one
thing is certain--in one hour the graft
fed operator was rewarded by respecta.
bic indication on the part of his spouse
that she was in the land of dreams.
CHAPTER II. -a o's
A fc* remarks n the unlearnetl reader--.Two
new personages introduced--A new family
history, &c.
"What is Animal Magnetism % will
doubtless be asked by some who know
nothing of this new spoke in the wheel OF
science. TO satisfy their curiosity, which
is in the main natural, we will expound
according to the definition given of it by
a learned friend Of ours.
. 1t is peculiar state of the nervous
system, during which some physiological
phenomina present themselves; 4 state
which is ordinarily produced in one indi-
vidual by the will of another, performing
certain manual eyolutions for the pur-
pose Of causing it to take place" De
Puysegar. who treated upon the subject,
says: 9 the Indispensable, absolute, mo-
raj condition to produce any magical Ell
ccts, are comprehcnded in the following
precepts: 4 firm will to do good "a
strong belief in ones power, and entire
confidence in using it." Bosh! The
theory was first introduced ny Thmrct. IA
! distinguished membcr of the French .Ae-
ademy of Medicine in 1881 but Anti,6-
ny Niesmer. Il German, mag be consii-
cred its earliest advocate, ina.nuch as he
separated it from NIL other interests, and
pursued it in spirit OF inquiry and m
firing research worthy Of a better cause.
He explains it AZ II fluid universally spread
'.It is" SAYS he, in his work entitlcsl
be PanetorDm Mfneo ''thc means OF a
mutual influence between the heavenly
bodies. the earth and animated beings. -
1t is continued in such manner as any
void cannot take place its slbtlety Is be-
yond comparison. tits capable to receive
propagate and communicate all the i'm
pressions of motion: the animal body
feels the effect of this agent, and it is by
insinuating itself into the substance of
the nerves that it affects them Proper
ties similar 10 those in the loadstone NAV
be recognized in the human body. Poles,
likewise and opposed, are discovered in it.
Both the action and virtue of Animal
Magnetism can be communicated from one
body to another. 1t is increased, rehec-
ted by glasses. communicated, propagated;
increased by sound it can be accumula-
ted, concentrated, conveyed" He then
goes on to show that it can cure diseases,
enable the physician to judge Of an indi-
viduars state of health, &c,, 44r
And SO having initiated tie reader, we
will 90 ON with the nafrdiiye. ..,.. =
In an apartment of the maHsion of our
scientific friend Ephfaim, seated upon
sofa, meditating deeply upon some sub
ject whether of love, poetry or meta
physics, we care not to inquirc-was a
lady, young, pretty; with laughing
devil" in her eye, and a throne for Cupid
on her lip. Tie window Of her ehamb-
er overlooked landscape of rare lowell
ness and the vines that trellised the win
dow, the zephyrs wyooing the ringlets that
slept upon her brow Of Parian whitehess
and Niobe-like repose, and the music sent
from the ripplings of the classic Honey
brook, all combined to give the lady a
chance to break the meshes of care If one
50 lovely could yet have read chapter.
from sorrows diary She had no cause
for sorrow, and yet she was sad and as
the rested her palm upon the sill, and
looked abroad upon the laughing face Of
Nature, there was quiver Of the lip and
q. gem-like tear in her bright eye. The
sun was retiring beyond the western ho-
rizon, and the linnet. in its cage among
the green leaves, was warbling its even
ing prayer. r !. .,s.gdi e.sf
'.Sweet Bird" murmured. the fair ten
ant of this bower Of the graces, "lille u