Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-04-09

Icdcy, not 70 say lniidelity, OF the act She
was dead. II was Czermak. OF the IrnlyersirV
OF Lelpsfc, who, in 1873, DISGUISED nesuleric
practlces Oh all romantic significance, by anoG r.
ing mat the magnetic passes, so-called are I'M
ntcessafy 10 TIE Induction. and only tricks OF
q0ackery; that the state could be seif-fnduced by
ptIsoo5 possessing the pTedlspos!tion to trance
ald that In the inferior animals the nervous
sDoek OF sudden and overwhelming terror IS
are perfectly traeJable In the fright OF an ear h
!Iemof. Not long since, a New York prsetI-
eiOner, VINO mad read CZermak's report Of MS
,;n pe as at Leipslc established bis reputa-
Iatlon OF Fulton Market by substantially re-
peatllg them. AS he was passing a ii an stand
oanhet OF nying holsters caught his eye and
Tecollecting Czermaks experiments with froys,
ne proposed 10 the proprietor TO stand doZea
OF lnetn upon their heads on the marble SLAB
Inc IL naIketman agreed, but was so skeottca
DOCTOR present Of every lobster that he co,1i
MAKE ma stand upon It's head for two seconds after
ms aa1d was withdrawn. agreed" said the
csSa6I Suiting the action to the word, ne
oads u lobster oy the tall with violent
and paralyzing JERK, and set it up on the
surface OF the Sab, maintained In posnion
o ~ inc e, anterior pair Of legs and the
bb a3f al pIene1slon. Within five minutes de
rs inotlonless as Statue. Not satisfied with
ms eAtraoTdlnary exhibition, which attracted
an ar6I III crowd the Doctor took his scss)
nom PTS surgical case abd began Ia a leisurely
manner, TO snip Of the tail by sections and tina
roSte1ior Pair OF legs, the animal eyjncino m
slgns OF suffering or senSibility Ir is nm
necessary 10 add That when he 3d anishe1 hIa
experiment and sufficiently excited the cnrtoaitv
OF MS audience, he paid for the muTtlated InS
Ster, and restored the rest to the basket WI ,r
the loosters thought Of 1t there have hean M
meaBS OF Knowing since the DAYS OF y ~
wnen the brute creation spoke excellent Graz,
but the Doctor was hero to every meynhar -
that crowd forevern0re. Vi
81 lug agency OF shock 10 producing this extra
oIalnaIy coldft6n OF the nervous system is
sc'ViaiIr 70 Dr.. Beard, as frequent In Elan as
q. Is 10 the inferior animals, and he attributes
the plumbers often committed by experienced
officials under circumstances Of sudden peril
to the supeTvention of trance. This Is his ex-
PLANTATION Of the Mohawk disaster several years
ago and he would similarly explain the Ston-
ingtoH and other terrible collisions. BE asserts
that the statements Of passengers and Officers
III such cases must always De received With
great caution, owing TO the fact that the iab.i-
1ty 10 the terror trance under circumstance OF
fatal accident raises a presumption against
the accuracy OF the senses. 1t Is not chat the
witnesses mean TO faisify the facts Or TO per.
lure themselves, but that they were not at the
moment In condition to observe With ac-
curscy. With neSmerism as a parlor enter.
talnment, fixedness OF attention is the
| principal factor, and. disnIssing the ami
ma magnetism hypothesis as entirely un-
| tenabie, the condition is purely subjective
potn In causation and phenomena. This
| superstition OF some preternatural emery
emanatng from the operator being abandone i,