The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-28
ECHOES OF THE WEEK.
Written for the TELEGRAPH-CoURIER.

ECHOES OF THE WEEK.
Written for the TELEGRAPH-CoU
In the Echoes of last week made some
mention of hypnotism and magnetism
and it may be thought by some that Twas
over-bold thus to crititiSe 1t was not on
a scientific grOund-I do not know enough
about them-that | spoke, bat | meant to
speak against the charlatanry which may
be practiced by some of the So-called adj
VOcates 1t seems to me that one should
be very careful in the use of such powers.
Some of our reading people may be ia
miliar with the case against the murderer
Eyraud. His arrest opens up once more
the details of the ''Atfaire Goutfe, one of
the most remarkable murders ever COM
mitted in France. The most important
feature in this case is the participation of
the girl Gabrielle, whose extreme SenSi-
tivenesS has led to the belief that hypnOt-
ism may have influenced her action in the
murder, and also her return to Paris, and
her self-accuSation This is the defence
on which her lawyers will rely 1t is
generally allowed by those who believe in
| hypnotism, that crime may - committed
| invOluntarily under hypnotic suggestion,
but the question will be whether lawyers
can persuade jury that such is the case.
| What a wide field this opens up for us
| Americans If only precedent can be
established, think of the number of GRIM
inals that can be got off" on hypnotic
suggestion. Insanity and idiocy have
had their day, and lately they have not
worked as we'll as they did at first.
Again we may have hypnotic refOrmatOr-
| les. Only think that all our drunkards
and lOaferS may be treated in this manner
and be developed into decent members of
society. MillionaireS may be hypnOtiZed
| into giving some of their millions to bene-
fit humanity; policemen may be acted
upon in such way that occasionally
they would be present when needed.
There is no end to the practical objects of
this hypnotic influence"
~
was in the Malt House one morning
! last week and Mr. Petit began to talk
about his trip across the lake. The pas
sage was a rough one and some of his
| companions were under the weather"
and absented themselves at regular, or
rather Irregular intervals from the public
view. He said that they were 'Sea sick. .
Some one present said that one of those
companions had said that he was not
''sea sick" Oh no one never cOnfesses
| that he is 1t is curious phase i'll the
character of man that he refuses to ac-
| knowledge this soft Impeachment OF his
powers to stand any voyage on any body
of water. He thinks himself sailor.
| Women do not seek to hide their weak
ness In this respect. When they are sick
everybody knows it, and they generally
proclaim the fact by their first cry of
| ''StewardeSs." You know inStinCtiVely
what that cry means, and your sympathy
is extended to the poor suffering sister
| hood A man seeks the deck and leaning
fondly on some friendly part of the rail,
cOntemplates the water as it SwiShes by,
wondering if any one sees him, or he goes
| to his cabin and says he has headache.
| A few years ago a friend and made a
| Sea-vOvage and on our return there was a
fellow on board who, we knew, was sick,
| but he always ScOrned any such lmputa-
ton. He came to every meal, and ate of
everything that was on the table, making
such mixtures that one grew sick at the
sight, and thought that the man had
grudge against his stomach, and was
bound to try it's power to the utmost eX-
tent After meals he disappeared, and we
would not see him for an hour. Then he
re-appeared looking very white and smell
ing of whisky. When we asked him
about his actions since meal-time, he
would generally say that he had been for
ward with the men, or that he had been
down in che engine room. We stamped
him as a liar and an impOstOr, but we
never could prove that he was. What
has confirmed me in the opinion which
then formed Of him is the fact that the
doctor of the ship and passenger en-
| trusted our friend with the shipment OF
several barrels Of oranges which they had
brought in with them to their respective
|
| their rightful destination
~
A friend of mine has just come back
| from visit in the East, and he has been
telling me some startling stories about the
Chinese, and the wonderful coincidence
of their mythology and symbolism with
| those Of younger nations; even telling me
| that the festivals of the Christian world
are almost synchronOus often occurring
even on the very day with those OF the
| Chinese race. We spent Sunday afternoon
| in this discussion. 1t must not be sup
posed that my friend, during his visit,
| had been assOciating with Chinese laun-
| drvmen who write those funny signs on
| fellows clothes list, or enjoying the vo-
| luptuOus ease and SenSuOuS delight OF an
| opium-iaunt. oreven ''hOb-nObbing' with
| the Chinese legation; but he has cousin
who for many years lived in San Francis
co. and made study of the race, its re-
ligion, it's customs and symbols, in short,
he knows more about the meaning of
Chinese mysticism than the Chinese them
selves do. He knows why the Chlnaman
wears a ''pigtail" down his back, why he
eats rice and why he puts those impossi-
BILE birds and insects, temples and trees on
his lacquer work. 1 am fired with en-
tbusiasm. [ thirst for knowledge |
shall buy some books on those subjects
and study them. l want to know some
thing about race who knew everything
two thousand years before the other races
knew anything.
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