The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-25
THE MEMPHISAPPEAL
THURSDAY. ,,,i APRn a0. 1890
RYPNo1ISM AND sun SPOTS.

Hypnotism has reached the high places
Of the earth and has found It's uses in poll
ties. Not long ago the cable informed us
that tho Emperor Of Germany was de-
cided believer in hypnolism rs a curative
or remedial agent and had sent fora Danish
OF Swedishhypnotist togo 10 Berlin 10 treat
one Of his sisters for nervous disease,
similar to one that had been successfully
healed by that means, all others having
failed. Hypno,ism is, therefore, no long.
CT a fad but a fact. II has been used
In the place Of chloroiorm for some
time in surgical operations at Paris,
and when, In recent murder case
there. il was charged that the murderer
had hypnotizcd the victim and forced her
TO kill herself, public opinion accepted
the possibility Of the fact In a way
quite remarkable. And no wonder
rs !, has been playing an important part
In public affairs in Europe lately. and in
startling way. For instance, II Is no longer
secret, as the London correspondent Of
The Ndr York Tina assures us. that King
Milan was induced TO abdicaio the throne
Of Seryia while In the hypnotic condition
induced by Nine. Ar,emisia Chrisicch,
wife Of his Prime Minister. This lady Is
described by The Time correspondent as a
''big dark woman with low forehead and
no external evidences OF much intellectual
capacity. Her eyes arc very sharp and
penetrating, and, being quite close TO.
gc,her, have given her the sobriquet Of
the serpentcycd, and her possession Of
feminine cunning is very marked. She
and her sister are enthusiastic students Of
hypnotisn, and the scanccs held at the
palace have been numerous, with spir-
iiualisiio high jinks included. Now Il
appears that King Milan has been her
chosen subject Her influence over him
has long been known. but Il was not sus.
pcctcd that Il had been obtained In this
extraordinary way. When he was urged
no, TO abdicaic, however, his manner was
~ strange and his answer, It's no use, /
must do IT, coupled with similar ccccn.
uiciues on former occasion, gave rise 10
general conviction that Nine. Ariemlsia
had been running the Government by
hypno,ism, a new and highly interesting
departure in sialco'ait." And thus II Is
true again, tha, the world moves In mar.
row groove, and there Is nothing new un.
der the sun. The powers that once, In
what We moderns believe were the inian,
conditions Of tho world, worked wonders
In the hands aud under the direction OF
priests and adopts, is now an eagerly sought
MD to the science Of surgery aud the art Of
healing, aud is exercised TO control King.
aud dynas,ics. But hypnoiism Is not the
only one Of the ancient doctrines that ar,
being verified by practical men. The 20.
siiion always occupied by asiroogcrs rs &
the mallihc influences Of tho planets on
the sun and Of the suns spots upon The
earth TO prevent iruition and Undue,
famines, and Of these upon finances ever,
ten and half years has been revived, ant
In England Il is claimed Il received con
firmation from the investigations Of tn,
late DIR. W. s. Jeyons, professor Of logic
and political economy In the Owens Col
lego, Manchester. He showed that from
l7ol to 1873 the world had been visited b,
the recurrence Of cyclic trade disaslers IN
average being 1914 years, and Dr.
lamont and Mr.. J. A. Brown hav
proven tho sun-spot cycles as rccur
ing rs regularly aud rs averaging