St. Landry democrat., 1890-08-02
Hypnotism.

And this brings me another thought
In last months St. LOUIS Magazine, ex-
mayor Joseph Brown, now auditor, has an
article on Soul Transferrence. He says
Slavery of the body being done away
with, slavery of the mind is next to be
attacked and routed" and speaks of two
Germans, living hundreds of miles apart.
and unacquainted with each other, whose
self consciousness and individuality were
exchanged, so that one was constantly
referring to the names of persons and
localities that had been known and famil-
lar to the other
This, then, together with hypnotism.
must account for the many broken prom
ises. 1t is well known fact that there is
a marked difference in candidate for an
office after he has been elected. The
pledges and promises previously made are
entirely forgotten and the old hero of many
we'll fought campaigns may recall the fact
that after his defeat for the presidency of
the B P. I. some FIVE years ago, he, as
well as his friends were promised FOR him
an appointive position-one of the COM
missionerships, in fact. When the time
rolled around, he was offered district
assessorship. This was case of hypno-
tism of the worst kind, and the mind that
then Influenced the mind of the then
MAYOR, now Governor Francis, was dan
gerous one.
By all means let us emancipate the mind
so that when we do make promises, we
may stick to them, or when we have go"d
reasons to break them, we NAV have the
manliness to go to him who holds our YER
bal pledge and give him the reasons for
our change. A man whose soul is in dan
ger of being transferred, or who Is subject
to the influence of every hypnotizer who
looks into his eye, is an unsafe man to
elect to an office, and at the next city con-
vention, committee of experts should be
appointed to test the minds of the candi-
dates, and those who may be hypnotized,
or whose souls are of that Eighty character
commonly credited to Dame Fortune
should be relegated to the rear.-A. Louis
Critic
The future historian of this country
who gives faithful portraiture Of the
present times will naturally turn to the
Louisiana Legislature for one of the most
| glaring examples of political corruption.
| It is not possible to find lower level of
American politics. Every body believed
| that a considerable number of the Senators
and Representatives of Louisiana could be
bribed, but few supposed that two. thirds
of the members of the Legislature could
under any circumstances be brought to
support the infamous lottery bill, the
offensiveness of which has been so strong
ly emphasized by and through agitation
against the measure. Did these "two-
third members merely cover themselves
with infamy, the case would be bad
enough, but they have placed an indelible
stain upon the State and dealt powerful
blow to every interest of that common
wealth. A more humiliating spectacle
cannot be found than the noble appeal OF
Gov. Nichols to these men to spare Louis
lana from continuance of the disgrace
and blighting influence of the lottery. But
his sentiments of honor, justice and patri
otism m ,t with no response, because they
are directed to persons who are entirely
destitute of the essential qualities of man
hood If the people do not wipe out the
lottery and overthrow those who have sus
tanned it. the political degradation of Lou
isiana will be complete.-Csntral Christian
AdJOcIte.